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Recognised as Colour

#DEDCC1

  • #DEDCC1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DEDCC1 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 220, 193 and HSL 56°, 31%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DEDCC1#DEDCC1
HEX#DEDCC1
RGBrgb(222, 220, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8627, 0.7569
RGB percentages87.1%, 86.3%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(55.9, 30.5%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 13.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 13.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,605,505
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDCC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#21233E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1DABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2DBC2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D8D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 8.8Antique white · ΔE 8.8Papaya whip · ΔE 9.4Blanched almond · ΔE 9.6Cornsilk · ΔE 10.3Bisque · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1C3DE
Analogous#DECEC1, #D2DEC1
Triadic#C1DEDC, #DCC1DE
Split complementary#C1D2DE, #CDC1DE
Tetradic#C1DECE, #C1C3DE, #DEC1D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0EFE2
Darker −10%#CCC9A0
Darker −20%#BBB67E
Darker −30%#A9A45D
Darker −40%#8A8549
More saturated +25%#EAE6B5
Less saturated −25%#D2D2CD

Channel breakdown

R222
G220
B193
Red222 (87.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue55.86°
Saturation (HSL)30.53%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G DC · B C1

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