Recognised as Colour

#DED55C

#DED55C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DED55C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 213, 92 and HSL 56°, 66%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DED55C#DED55C

HEX#DED55C

RGBrgb(222, 213, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8353, 0.3608

RGB percentages87.1%, 83.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(55.8, 66.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.8, 58.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 58.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,603,612

CSS custom property--colour: #DED55C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#212AA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CE4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D463no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EDC8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 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 text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.9 Yellow green · ΔE 28.1 Gold · ΔE 29.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C65DE

Analogous#DE945C, #A6DE5C

Triadic#5CDED5, #D55CDE

Split complementary#5CA6DE, #945CDE

Tetradic#5CDE94, #5C65DE, #DE5CA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F6DB

Lighter +20%#EFEBB1

Lighter +10%#E7E086

Darker −10%#D5CA32

Darker −20%#B0A724

Darker −30%#867F1B

Darker −40%#5B5613

More saturated +25%#F7EA44

Less saturated −25%#C5C075

Channel breakdown

R222

G213

B92

Red222 (87.1%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue55.85°

Saturation (HSL)66.33%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D5 · B 5C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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