Colour

#DECD52

#DECD52
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DECD52 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 205, 82 and HSL 53°, 68%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DECD52#DECD52

HEX#DECD52

RGBrgb(222, 205, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8039, 0.3216

RGB percentages87.1%, 80.4%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(52.7, 68%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 63.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 63.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,554

CSS custom property--colour: #DECD52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#2132AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC743no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CE59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EEBFB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7 Gold · ΔE 27 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5263DE

Analogous#DE8752, #A9DE52

Triadic#52DECD, #CD52DE

Split complementary#52A9DE, #8752DE

Tetradic#52DE87, #5263DE, #DE52A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFD

Lighter +30%#F7F2D2

Lighter +20%#EEE6A8

Lighter +10%#E6D97D

Darker −10%#D4C029

Darker −20%#AA9920

Darker −30%#7F7218

Darker −40%#544C10

More saturated +25%#F8E038

Less saturated −25%#C4BA6C

Channel breakdown

R222

G205

B82

Red222 (87.1%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue52.71°

Saturation (HSL)67.96%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CD · B 52

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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