Colour

#DED9C5

#DED9C5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Antique white

#DED9C5 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 217, 197 and HSL 48°, 27%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#DED9C5#DED9C5

HEX#DED9C5

RGBrgb(222, 217, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.851, 0.7725

RGB percentages87.1%, 85.1%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(48, 27.5%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 11.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 11.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,604,741

CSS custom property--colour: #DED9C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#21263A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DED8C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFDAC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E2D6D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 8 Beige · ΔE 9.8 Papaya whip · ΔE 9.9 Linen · ΔE 10.3 Blanched almond · ΔE 10.5 Old lace · ΔE 10.6

Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5CADE

Analogous#DECCC5, #D6DEC5

Triadic#C5DED9, #D9C5DE

Split complementary#C5D6DE, #CCC5DE

Tetradic#C5DECC, #C5CADE, #DEC5D6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0EEE6

Darker −10%#CCC4A4

Darker −20%#B9AE84

Darker −30%#A79963

Darker −40%#897D4E

More saturated +25%#E9E0BA

Less saturated −25%#D3D2D0

Channel breakdown

R222

G217

B197

Red222 (87.1%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)27.47%

Lightness82.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G D9 · B C5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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