Colour

#DED09A

#DED09A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DED09A is a yellow with RGB values 222, 208, 154 and HSL 48°, 51%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DED09A#DED09A

HEX#DED09A

RGBrgb(222, 208, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8157, 0.6039

RGB percentages87.1%, 81.6%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(47.6, 50.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 30.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 30.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,602,394

CSS custom property--colour: #DED09A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#212F65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBCD96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFD29Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E9C8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.1 Navajo white · ΔE 10.2 Moccasin · ΔE 10.3 Burlywood · ΔE 12.2 Tan · ΔE 12.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AA8DE

Analogous#DEAE9A, #CADE9A

Triadic#9ADED0, #D09ADE

Split complementary#9ACADE, #AE9ADE

Tetradic#9ADEAE, #9AA8DE, #DE9ACA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F4E7

Lighter +10%#EBE2C0

Darker −10%#D1BE74

Darker −20%#C5AC4D

Darker −30%#A89137

Darker −40%#82702A

More saturated +25%#EFDA89

Less saturated −25%#CDC6AB

Channel breakdown

R222

G208

B154

Red222 (87.1%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue47.65°

Saturation (HSL)50.75%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D0 · B 9A

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