Recognised as Colour

#DED7A7

#DED7A7
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DED7A7 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 215, 167 and HSL 52°, 45%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DED7A7#DED7A7

HEX#DED7A7

RGBrgb(222, 215, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8431, 0.6549

RGB percentages87.1%, 84.3%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(52.4, 45.5%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 24.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 24.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,604,199

CSS custom property--colour: #DED7A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.38:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#212858

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D4A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D7A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 7.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.8 Moccasin · ΔE 10 Navajo white · ΔE 11.3 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.4 Bisque · ΔE 12.9

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7AEDE

Analogous#DEBBA7, #C9DEA7

Triadic#A7DED7, #D7A7DE

Split complementary#A7C9DE, #BBA7DE

Tetradic#A7DEBB, #A7AEDE, #DEA7C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF9F1

Lighter +10%#ECE8CC

Darker −10%#D0C682

Darker −20%#C2B55D

Darker −30%#AC9E40

Darker −40%#877C32

More saturated +25%#EDE298

Less saturated −25%#CFCCB6

Channel breakdown

R222

G215

B167

Red222 (87.1%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue52.36°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D7 · B A7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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