Recognised as Colour

#DEDCD5

#DEDCD5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEDCD5 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 220, 213 and HSL 47°, 12%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

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HEX#DEDCD5

RGBrgb(222, 220, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8627, 0.8353

RGB percentages87.1%, 86.3%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(46.7, 12%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 4.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 4.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,605,525

CSS custom property--colour: #DEDCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#21232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEDCD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEDCD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#E0DBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.7 Light grey · ΔE 4.9 Linen · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 9.6 Sea shell · ΔE 9.8 Old lace · ΔE 10.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.71, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5D7DE

Analogous#DED8D5, #DCDED5

Triadic#D5DEDC, #DCD5DE

Split complementary#D5DCDE, #D8D5DE

Tetradic#D5DED8, #D5D7DE, #DED5DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F4F2

Darker −10%#C8C4B8

Darker −20%#B1AC9C

Darker −30%#9B957F

Darker −40%#817B66

More saturated +25%#E7E1CC

Less saturated −25%#DADADA

Channel breakdown

R222

G220

B213

Red222 (87.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)12%

Lightness85.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G DC · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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