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Recognised as Colour

#DED9C9

  • #DED9C9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Antique white

#DED9C9 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 217, 201 and HSL 46°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#DED9C9#DED9C9
HEX#DED9C9
RGBrgb(222, 217, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.851, 0.7882
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.1%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(45.7, 24.1%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 9.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 2.3%, 9.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,745
CSS custom property--colour: #DED9C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#212636

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD8C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E2D6D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Antique white · ΔE 8.2Gainsboro · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 8.8Linen · ΔE 9.4Old lace · ΔE 10.2Beige · ΔE 10.4
Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9CEDE
Analogous#DECEC9, #D9DEC9
Triadic#C9DED9, #D9C9DE
Split complementary#C9D9DE, #CEC9DE
Tetradic#C9DECE, #C9CEDE, #DEC9D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1EFE9
Darker −10%#CBC3A9
Darker −20%#B7AC8A
Darker −30%#A4966A
Darker −40%#887B53
More saturated +25%#E9DFBE
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R222
G217
B201
Red222 (87.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue45.71°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G D9 · B C9

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