Recognised as Colour

#DED00F

#DED00F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DED00F is a yellow with RGB values 222, 208, 15 and HSL 56°, 87%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DED00F#DED00F

HEX#DED00F

RGBrgb(222, 208, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8157, 0.0588

RGB percentages87.1%, 81.6%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(55.9, 87.3%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 93.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 93.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,602,255

CSS custom property--colour: #DED00F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1

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

Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#212FF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D02Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F0C1B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 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 text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13 Yellow · ΔE 22.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.8 Khaki · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1DDE

Analogous#DE690F, #84DE0F

Triadic#0FDED0, #D00FDE

Split complementary#0F84DE, #680FDE

Tetradic#0FDE69, #0F1DDE, #DE0F85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF7BE

Lighter +30%#F7F08F

Lighter +20%#F4EA5F

Lighter +10%#F1E42F

Darker −10%#AEA30C

Darker −20%#7E7609

Darker −30%#4F4A05

Darker −40%#1F1D02

More saturated +25%#EDDD00

Less saturated −25%#C0B62D

Channel breakdown

R222

G208

B15

Red222 (87.1%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue55.94°

Saturation (HSL)87.34%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D0 · B 0F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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