Colour

#DEDED8

#DEDED8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEDED8 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 222, 216 and HSL 60°, 8%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DEDED8#DEDED8

HEX#DEDED8

RGBrgb(222, 222, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8706, 0.8471

RGB percentages87.1%, 87.1%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(60, 8.3%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 2.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 2.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,606,040

CSS custom property--colour: #DEDED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.55:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#212127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFDDD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFDED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DFDDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.2 Light grey · ΔE 4.9 Linen · ΔE 8.1 White smoke · ΔE 8.8 Sea shell · ΔE 9.5 Old lace · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.17, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D8D8DE

Analogous#DEDBD8, #DBDED8

Triadic#D8DEDE, #DED8DE

Split complementary#D8DBDE, #DBD8DE

Tetradic#D8DEDB, #D8D8DE, #DED8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F5F4

Darker −10%#C7C7BC

Darker −20%#AFAFA1

Darker −30%#989885

Darker −40%#7F7F6B

More saturated +25%#E7E7CF

Less saturated −25%#DBDBDB

Channel breakdown

R222

G222

B216

Red222 (87.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)8.33%

Lightness85.88%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DE · G DE · B D8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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