Recognised as Colour

#DEE57C

#DEE57C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE57C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 229, 124 and HSL 64°, 67%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEE57C#DEE57C

HEX#DEE57C

RGBrgb(222, 229, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.4863

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(64, 66.9%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 45.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 45.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,740

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE57C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

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

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#211A83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DD73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DF81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EADACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 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 text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.6 Yellow green · ΔE 29.1 Navajo white · ΔE 30.8 Moccasin · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#837CE5

Analogous#E5B87C, #AAE57C

Triadic#7CDEE5, #E57CDE

Split complementary#7CA9E5, #B77CE5

Tetradic#7CE5B8, #837CE5, #E57CAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFC

Lighter +20%#F3F6D1

Lighter +10%#E9EDA7

Darker −10%#D3DD51

Darker −20%#C6D12A

Darker −30%#9EA721

Darker −40%#767C19

More saturated +25%#EFF968

Less saturated −25%#CDD190

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B124

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue64°

Saturation (HSL)66.88%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B 7C

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