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Recognised as Colour

#DEDAA9

  • #DEDAA9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DEDAA9 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 218, 169 and HSL 55°, 45%, 77%. 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

#DEDAA9#DEDAA9
HEX#DEDAA9
RGBrgb(222, 218, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8549, 0.6627
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.5%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(55.5, 44.5%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.5, 23.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 23.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,604,969
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68537WCAG 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 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#212556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D6A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5D9ABno 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 22.7 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 text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8Wheat · ΔE 8.5Moccasin · ΔE 10.5Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.7Navajo white · ΔE 12.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9ADDE
Analogous#DEBFA9, #C7DEA9
Triadic#A9DEDA, #DAA9DE
Split complementary#A9C7DE, #C0A9DE
Tetradic#A9DEBF, #A9ADDE, #DEA9C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFAF3
Lighter +10%#ECEACE
Darker −10%#D0CA84
Darker −20%#C2BA5F
Darker −30%#ACA442
Darker −40%#878134
More saturated +25%#EDE79A
Less saturated −25%#CFCDB8

Channel breakdown

R222
G218
B169
Red222 (87.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue55.47°
Saturation (HSL)44.54%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G DA · B A9

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