Colour

#DED8A7

#DED8A7
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DED8A7 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 216, 167 and HSL 53°, 45%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DED8A7#DED8A7

HEX#DED8A7

RGBrgb(222, 216, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8471, 0.6549

RGB percentages87.1%, 84.7%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(53.5, 45.5%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 24.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 24.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,604,455

CSS custom property--colour: #DED8A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.49:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#212758

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1D5A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3D8A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D1CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.3 Moccasin · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.5 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.2 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7ADDE

Analogous#DEBCA7, #C9DEA7

Triadic#A7DED8, #D8A7DE

Split complementary#A7C8DE, #BDA7DE

Tetradic#A7DEBC, #A7ADDE, #DEA7C8

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%#D0C882

Darker −20%#C2B75D

Darker −30%#ACA040

Darker −40%#877D32

More saturated +25%#EDE498

Less saturated −25%#CFCCB6

Channel breakdown

R222

G216

B167

Red222 (87.1%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue53.45°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D8 · B A7

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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