Recognised as Colour
#DED91B
- #DED91B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#DED91B is a yellow with RGB values 222, 217, 27 and HSL 58°, 78%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#DED91B#DED91B
HEX#DED91B
RGBrgb(222, 217, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.851, 0.1059
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.1%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(58.5, 78.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.5, 87.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 87.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,571
CSS custom property--colour: #DED91B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.65234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#2126E4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1B20DE
Analogous#DE771B, #82DE1B
Triadic#1BDED9, #D91BDE
Split complementary#1B82DE, #781BDE
Tetradic#1BDE77, #1B20DE, #DE1B82
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R222
G217
B27
Red222 (87.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue58.46°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D9 · B 1B
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