Information about #DCCC22 color

#DCCC22 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DCCC22 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 204, 34) — 86.3% red, 80% green, 13.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 6 / 73 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #DCCC22 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Barberry (#D2C61F). Slightly further away sit Alo (#D1CB1B) and Piss Yellow (#DDD618).

The recipe behind #DCCC22 is rgb(220, 204, 34), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 12.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DCCC22 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DCCC22 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DCCC22 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DCCC22

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Barberry color link
Barberry

#D2C61F

Alo color link
Alo

#D1CB1B

Piss Yellow color link
Piss Yellow

#DDD618

Bird Flower color link
Bird Flower

#D4CD16

Bite Me color link
Bite Me

#EBC525

Broom color link
Broom

#EECC24

Moon Yellow color link
Moon Yellow

#F0C420

Golden Dream color link
Golden Dream

#F1CC2B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DCCC22
  • RGB220, 204, 34
  • CMYK0, 6, 73, 14
  • CSSrgb(220, 204, 34)
  • HSL55°, 73%, 50%
  • HSL Precise54.839°, 73.228%, 49.804%
  • HSV55°, 85%, 86%
  • HSB55°, 85%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.800, 0.133)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.800, 0.133, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.800, 0.133)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDCCC22
  • DECIMAL ID14470178
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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