Recognised as Colour

#DEDDD6

#DEDDD6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEDDD6 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 221, 214 and HSL 53°, 11%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

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HEX#DEDDD6

RGBrgb(222, 221, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8667, 0.8392

RGB percentages87.1%, 86.7%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(52.5, 10.8%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 3.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 3.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,605,782

CSS custom property--colour: #DEDDD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#212229

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFDCD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFDDD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DFDCDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.7 Light grey · ΔE 5 Linen · ΔE 8.1 White smoke · ΔE 9.3 Sea shell · ΔE 9.7 Old lace · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.67, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6D7DE

Analogous#DED9D6, #DBDED6

Triadic#D6DEDD, #DDD6DE

Split complementary#D6DBDE, #D9D6DE

Tetradic#D6DED9, #D6D7DE, #DED6DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F4F2

Darker −10%#C7C6BA

Darker −20%#B1AE9D

Darker −30%#9A9781

Darker −40%#817D67

More saturated +25%#E7E4CD

Less saturated −25%#DADADA

Channel breakdown

R222

G221

B214

Red222 (87.1%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)10.81%

Lightness85.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G DD · B D6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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