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Recognised as Colour

#DED38D

  • #DED38D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DED38D is a yellow with RGB values 222, 211, 141 and HSL 52°, 55%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DED38D#DED38D
HEX#DED38D
RGBrgb(222, 211, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8275, 0.5529
RGB percentages87.1%, 82.7%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(51.9, 55.1%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 36.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 36.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,603,149
CSS custom property--colour: #DED38D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.81:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#212C72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0CF88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D490no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#EACAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8Khaki · ΔE 11.3Dark khaki · ΔE 11.4Navajo white · ΔE 14.7Moccasin · ΔE 15.2Wheat · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D98DE
Analogous#DEAA8D, #C1DE8D
Triadic#8DDED3, #D38DDE
Split complementary#8DC1DE, #AB8DDE
Tetradic#8DDEAA, #8D98DE, #DE8DC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F2DC
Lighter +10%#E9E2B5
Darker −10%#D3C465
Darker −20%#C7B43E
Darker −30%#A3932F
Darker −40%#7B6F24
More saturated +25%#F0E07B
Less saturated −25%#CCC69F

Channel breakdown

R222
G211
B141
Red222 (87.1%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue51.85°
Saturation (HSL)55.1%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D3 · B 8D

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