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Recognised as Colour

#DEDEAD

  • #DEDEAD
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DEDEAD is a yellow with RGB values 222, 222, 173 and HSL 60°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DEDEAD#DEDEAD
HEX#DEDEAD
RGBrgb(222, 222, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8706, 0.6784
RGB percentages87.1%, 87.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(60, 42.6%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 22.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,605,997
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#212152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6DAAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7DCAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E5D8D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 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 text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.8Wheat · ΔE 9.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.2Moccasin · ΔE 11.4Navajo white · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADADDE
Analogous#DEC6AD, #C6DEAD
Triadic#ADDEDE, #DEADDE
Split complementary#ADC6DE, #C6ADDE
Tetradic#ADDEC6, #ADADDE, #DEADC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBF6
Lighter +10%#EDEDD1
Darker −10%#CFCF89
Darker −20%#C1C164
Darker −30%#ADAD45
Darker −40%#888837
More saturated +25%#ECEC9F
Less saturated −25%#D0D0BB

Channel breakdown

R222
G222
B173
Red222 (87.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)42.61%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR DE · G DE · B AD

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