Recognised as Colour

#DECC01

#DECC01
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DECC01 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 204, 1 and HSL 55°, 99%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DECC01#DECC01

HEX#DECC01

RGBrgb(222, 204, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8, 0.0039

RGB percentages87.1%, 80%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(55.1, 99.1%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.1, 99.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 99.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,217

CSS custom property--colour: #DECC01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.74:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#2133FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6CD24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F0BCAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.7 Yellow · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1 Yellow green · ΔE 31.6 Orange · ΔE 35.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0113DE

Analogous#DE5D01, #82DE01

Triadic#01DECC, #CC01DE

Split complementary#0182DE, #5D01DE

Tetradic#01DE5D, #0113DE, #DE0182

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFF8AC

Lighter +30%#FEF47A

Lighter +20%#FEEF47

Lighter +10%#FEEB14

Darker −10%#AB9D01

Darker −20%#786F01

Darker −30%#464000

Darker −40%#131100

More saturated +25%#DFCD00

Less saturated −25%#C2B51D

Channel breakdown

R222

G204

Red222 (87.1%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue55.11°

Saturation (HSL)99.1%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CC · B 01

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Colour values

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