Recognised as Colour
#DED8BF
- #DED8BF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Antique white
#DED8BF is a yellow with RGB values 222, 216, 191 and HSL 48°, 32%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.
Colour values
#DED8BF#DED8BF
HEX#DED8BF
RGBrgb(222, 216, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8471, 0.749
RGB percentages87.1%, 84.7%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(48.4, 32%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 14%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.7%, 14%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,479
CSS custom property--colour: #DED8BF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.68403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#212740
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BFC5DE
Analogous#DEC9BF, #D5DEBF
Triadic#BFDED8, #D8BFDE
Split complementary#BFD5DE, #C9BFDE
Tetradic#BFDEC9, #BFC5DE, #DEBFD5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R222
G216
B191
Red222 (87.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue48.39°
Saturation (HSL)31.96%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D8 · B BF
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