Recognised as Colour

#D8DE55

#D8DE55
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#D8DE55 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 222, 85 and HSL 63°, 67%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#D8DE55#D8DE55

HEX#D8DE55

RGBrgb(216, 222, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8706, 0.3333

RGB percentages84.7%, 87.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(62.6, 67.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 61.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK2.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,212,693

CSS custom property--colour: #D8DE55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.5:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#2721AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EED544no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD85Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E6D1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 21 Khaki · ΔE 22.4 Gold · ΔE 28.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.8 Yellow · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 21.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B55DE

Analogous#DE9F55, #93DE55

Triadic#55D8DE, #DE55D8

Split complementary#5593DE, #9F55DE

Tetradic#55DEA0, #5B55DE, #DE5594

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F7D5

Lighter +20%#ECEFAA

Lighter +10%#E2E680

Darker −10%#CED62A

Darker −20%#A6AC21

Darker −30%#7C8119

Darker −40%#535611

More saturated +25%#EFF73C

Less saturated −25%#C1C56E

Channel breakdown

R216

G222

B85

Red216 (84.7%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue62.63°

Saturation (HSL)67.49%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D8 · G DE · B 55

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