Recognised as Colour

#DEE586

#DEE586
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE586 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 229, 134 and HSL 64°, 65%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DEE586

RGBrgb(222, 229, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.5255

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(64.4, 64.6%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.4, 41.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 41.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,750

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE586;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.66:1

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

Contrast with black15.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#211A79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DD7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E08Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E9DBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 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 text15.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18 Moccasin · ΔE 26.8 Navajo white · ΔE 26.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D86E5

Analogous#E5BD86, #AEE586

Triadic#86DEE5, #E586DE

Split complementary#86AEE5, #BC86E5

Tetradic#86E5BD, #8D86E5, #E586AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F7DA

Lighter +10%#E9EEB0

Darker −10%#D3DC5C

Darker −20%#C7D332

Darker −30%#A3AD25

Darker −40%#7B831C

More saturated +25%#EEF774

Less saturated −25%#CED398

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B134

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue64.42°

Saturation (HSL)64.63%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B 86

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