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Recognised as Colour

#DEDBB1

  • #DEDBB1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DEDBB1 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 219, 177 and HSL 56°, 41%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DEDBB1#DEDBB1
HEX#DEDBB1
RGBrgb(222, 219, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8588, 0.6941
RGB percentages87.1%, 85.9%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(56, 40.5%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 20.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 20.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,605,233
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDBB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.5 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#21244E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D8AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4DAB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E5D5CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 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

Wheat · ΔE 8.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11Moccasin · ΔE 11Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11Blanched almond · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1B4DE
Analogous#DEC5B1, #CBDEB1
Triadic#B1DEDB, #DBB1DE
Split complementary#B1CBDE, #C5B1DE
Tetradic#B1DEC4, #B1B4DE, #DEB1CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFCF9
Lighter +10%#EDECD5
Darker −10%#CFCA8D
Darker −20%#C0BA69
Darker −30%#ADA649
Darker −40%#89843A
More saturated +25%#ECE7A3
Less saturated −25%#D0CFBF

Channel breakdown

R222
G219
B177
Red222 (87.1%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue56°
Saturation (HSL)40.54%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G DB · B B1

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