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Recognised as Colour

#DED39C

  • #DED39C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DED39C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 211, 156 and HSL 50°, 50%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DED39C#DED39C
HEX#DED39C
RGBrgb(222, 211, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8275, 0.6118
RGB percentages87.1%, 82.7%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(50, 50%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 29.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 5%, 29.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,603,164
CSS custom property--colour: #DED39C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#212C63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DED098no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1D49Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E8CBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.8Wheat · ΔE 9.2Moccasin · ΔE 10.5Navajo white · ΔE 10.8Burlywood · ΔE 13.7Tan · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CA7DE
Analogous#DEB29C, #C8DE9C
Triadic#9CDED3, #D39CDE
Split complementary#9CC8DE, #B29CDE
Tetradic#9CDEB2, #9CA7DE, #DE9CC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F5E9
Lighter +10%#EBE4C2
Darker −10%#D1C276
Darker −20%#C5B150
Darker −30%#A99638
Darker −40%#83742C
More saturated +25%#EFDE8C
Less saturated −25%#CEC8AD

Channel breakdown

R222
G211
B156
Red222 (87.1%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D3 · B 9C

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