Colour

#DED59B

#DED59B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DED59B is a yellow with RGB values 222, 213, 155 and HSL 52°, 50%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#DED59B

RGBrgb(222, 213, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8353, 0.6078

RGB percentages87.1%, 83.5%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(51.9, 50.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 30.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 30.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,603,675

CSS custom property--colour: #DED59B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#212A64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D197no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D59Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E8CDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.7 Wheat · ΔE 10.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.3 Navajo white · ΔE 11.6 Burlywood · ΔE 14.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA4DE

Analogous#DEB49B, #C6DE9B

Triadic#9BDED5, #D59BDE

Split complementary#9BC6DE, #B39BDE

Tetradic#9BDEB4, #9BA4DE, #DE9BC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F5E8

Lighter +10%#EBE5C1

Darker −10%#D1C575

Darker −20%#C5B54E

Darker −30%#A89938

Darker −40%#82762B

More saturated +25%#EFE18A

Less saturated −25%#CDC9AC

Channel breakdown

R222

G213

B155

Red222 (87.1%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue51.94°

Saturation (HSL)50.38%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D5 · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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