Colour

#DECE6C

#DECE6C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DECE6C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 206, 108 and HSL 52°, 63%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DECE6C#DECE6C

HEX#DECE6C

RGBrgb(222, 206, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8078, 0.4235

RGB percentages87.1%, 80.8%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(51.6, 63.3%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 51.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 51.4%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,601,836

CSS custom property--colour: #DECE6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#213193

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC963no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CF70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC2B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Burlywood · ΔE 25.2 Navajo white · ΔE 26.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C7CDE

Analogous#DE956C, #B5DE6C

Triadic#6CDECE, #CE6CDE

Split complementary#6CB5DE, #956CDE

Tetradic#6CDE95, #6C7CDE, #DE6CB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF8E9

Lighter +20%#F1EABF

Lighter +10%#E7DC96

Darker −10%#D5C042

Darker −20%#BAA62A

Darker −30%#918120

Darker −40%#675C17

More saturated +25%#F5DE55

Less saturated −25%#C7BE82

Channel breakdown

R222

G206

B108

Red222 (87.1%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue51.58°

Saturation (HSL)63.33%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G CE · B 6C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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