Recognised as Colour

#DEE57F

#DEE57F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE57F is a yellow with RGB values 222, 229, 127 and HSL 64°, 66%, 70%. 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

#DEE57F#DEE57F

HEX#DEE57F

RGBrgb(222, 229, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.498

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(64.1, 66.2%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.1, 44.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 44.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,743

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE57F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#211A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DD76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DF84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EADACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Navajo white · ΔE 29.6 Moccasin · ΔE 29.7 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#867FE5

Analogous#E5B97F, #ABE57F

Triadic#7FDEE5, #E57FDE

Split complementary#7FABE5, #B97FE5

Tetradic#7FE5B9, #867FE5, #E57FAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F4F6D4

Lighter +10%#E9EEA9

Darker −10%#D3DC55

Darker −20%#C8D32B

Darker −30%#9FA922

Darker −40%#777E1A

More saturated +25%#EFF86C

Less saturated −25%#CDD292

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B127

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue64.12°

Saturation (HSL)66.23%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B 7F

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Colour values

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