Colour

#DECD66

#DECD66
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DECD66 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 205, 102 and HSL 52°, 65%, 64%. 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

#DECD66#DECD66

HEX#DECD66

RGBrgb(222, 205, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8039, 0.4

RGB percentages87.1%, 80.4%, 40%

HSLhsl(51.5, 64.5%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 54.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 54.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,574

CSS custom property--colour: #DECD66;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#213299

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC85Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CF6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC1B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 25 Burlywood · ΔE 27.2 Navajo white · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6677DE

Analogous#DE9166, #B3DE66

Triadic#66DECD, #CD66DE

Split complementary#66B3DE, #9166DE

Tetradic#66DE91, #6677DE, #DE66B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E4

Lighter +20%#F0E8BA

Lighter +10%#E7DB90

Darker −10%#D5BF3C

Darker −20%#B7A227

Darker −30%#8D7D1E

Darker −40%#635815

More saturated +25%#F5DE4F

Less saturated −25%#C7BC7D

Channel breakdown

R222

G205

B102

Red222 (87.1%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)64.52%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CD · B 66

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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