Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DED09C

  • #DED09C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DED09C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 208, 156 and HSL 47°, 50%, 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

#DED09C#DED09C
HEX#DED09C
RGBrgb(222, 208, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8157, 0.6118
RGB percentages87.1%, 81.6%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(47.3, 50%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 29.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 6.3%, 29.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,602,396
CSS custom property--colour: #DED09C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.61:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#212F63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBCD99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD29Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 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 text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.4Moccasin · ΔE 10Navajo white · ΔE 10Tan · ΔE 12.1Burlywood · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CAADE
Analogous#DEAF9C, #CBDE9C
Triadic#9CDED0, #D09CDE
Split complementary#9CCBDE, #AF9CDE
Tetradic#9CDEAF, #9CAADE, #DE9CCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F4E9
Lighter +10%#EBE2C2
Darker −10%#D1BE76
Darker −20%#C5AC50
Darker −30%#A99138
Darker −40%#83702C
More saturated +25%#EFD98C
Less saturated −25%#CEC7AD

Channel breakdown

R222
G208
B156
Red222 (87.1%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue47.27°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D0 · B 9C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ded09c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.