Recognised as Colour

#DEDE39

#DEDE39
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DEDE39 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 222, 57 and HSL 60°, 71%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DEDE39#DEDE39

HEX#DEDE39

RGBrgb(222, 222, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8706, 0.2235

RGB percentages87.1%, 87.1%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(60, 71.4%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 74.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 74.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,605,881

CSS custom property--colour: #DEDE39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#2121C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D510no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DA47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EED0BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.4 Yellow · ΔE 22.7 Yellow green · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Khaki · ΔE 31.7 Green yellow · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3939DE

Analogous#DE8C39, #8CDE39

Triadic#39DEDE, #DE39DE

Split complementary#398CDE, #8C39DE

Tetradic#39DE8C, #3939DE, #DE398C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBE8

Lighter +30%#F4F4BC

Lighter +20%#EDED90

Lighter +10%#E5E565

Darker −10%#C3C321

Darker −20%#989819

Darker −30%#6C6C12

Darker −40%#40400B

More saturated +25%#FBFB1C

Less saturated −25%#C1C156

Channel breakdown

R222

G222

B57

Red222 (87.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DE · G DE · B 39

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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