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Recognised as Colour

#DEDAA8

  • #DEDAA8
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DEDAA8 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 218, 168 and HSL 56°, 45%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DEDAA8#DEDAA8
HEX#DEDAA8
RGBrgb(222, 218, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8549, 0.6588
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.5%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(55.6, 45%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.6, 24.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 24.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,968
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDAA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#212557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D6A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D9AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E6D3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6Wheat · ΔE 8.7Moccasin · ΔE 10.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.8Navajo white · ΔE 12.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8ACDE
Analogous#DEBFA8, #C7DEA8
Triadic#A8DEDA, #DAA8DE
Split complementary#A8C7DE, #BFA8DE
Tetradic#A8DEBF, #A8ACDE, #DEA8C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF9F2
Lighter +10%#ECEACD
Darker −10%#D0CA83
Darker −20%#C2BB5E
Darker −30%#ACA441
Darker −40%#878133
More saturated +25%#EDE799
Less saturated −25%#CFCDB7

Channel breakdown

R222
G218
B168
Red222 (87.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue55.56°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G DA · B A8

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