Recognised as Colour
#DED9AF
- #DED9AF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#DED9AF is a yellow with RGB values 222, 217, 175 and HSL 54°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#DED9AF#DED9AF
HEX#DED9AF
RGBrgb(222, 217, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.851, 0.6863
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(53.6, 41.6%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 21.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 21.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,719
CSS custom property--colour: #DED9AF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.65:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#212650
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 text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AFB4DE
Analogous#DEC2AF, #CCDEAF
Triadic#AFDED9, #D9AFDE
Split complementary#AFCBDE, #C2AFDE
Tetradic#AFDEC2, #AFB4DE, #DEAFCB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R222
G217
B175
Red222 (87.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue53.62°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D9 · B AF
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