Colour

#DEE45D

#DEE45D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE45D is a yellow with RGB values 222, 228, 93 and HSL 63°, 71%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEE45D#DEE45D

HEX#DEE45D

RGBrgb(222, 228, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8941, 0.3647

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.4%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(62.7, 71.4%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.7, 59.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK2.6%, 0%, 59.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,453

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE45D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1

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

Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#211BA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4DA4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5DE65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ECD7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58 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 text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.2 Yellow green · ΔE 22.2 Gold · ΔE 29.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30 Yellow · ΔE 32.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#635DE4

Analogous#E4A75D, #9AE45D

Triadic#5DDEE4, #E45DDE

Split complementary#5D9AE4, #A75DE4

Tetradic#5DE4A7, #635DE4, #E45D9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FAE0

Lighter +20%#F0F3B4

Lighter +10%#E7EB89

Darker −10%#D5DD31

Darker −20%#B5BC1F

Darker −30%#8B9018

Darker −40%#616411

More saturated +25%#F4FC45

Less saturated −25%#C8CC75

Channel breakdown

R222

G228

B93

Red222 (87.1%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue62.67°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E4 · B 5D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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