Recognised as Colour

#DECD68

#DECD68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DECD68 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 205, 104 and HSL 51°, 64%, 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

#DECD68#DECD68

HEX#DECD68

RGBrgb(222, 205, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8039, 0.4078

RGB percentages87.1%, 80.4%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(51.4, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.7%, 53.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,576

CSS custom property--colour: #DECD68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.04:1

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

Contrast with black13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#213297

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC85Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CF6Dno 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 45.4 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 text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Burlywood · ΔE 26.3 Navajo white · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6879DE

Analogous#DE9268, #B4DE68

Triadic#68DECD, #CD68DE

Split complementary#68B4DE, #9268DE

Tetradic#68DE92, #6879DE, #DE68B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7E6

Lighter +20%#F0E9BC

Lighter +10%#E7DB92

Darker −10%#D5BF3E

Darker −20%#B8A328

Darker −30%#8E7E1F

Darker −40%#645916

More saturated +25%#F5DD51

Less saturated −25%#C7BD7F

Channel breakdown

R222

G205

B104

Red222 (87.1%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CD · B 68

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