Recognised as Colour

#DEE77D

#DEE77D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE77D is a yellow with RGB values 222, 231, 125 and HSL 65°, 69%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEE77D#DEE77D

HEX#DEE77D

RGBrgb(222, 231, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9059, 0.4902

RGB percentages87.1%, 90.6%, 49%

HSLhsl(65.1, 68.8%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.1, 45.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK3.9%, 0%, 45.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,253

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE77D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#211882

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DE74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E182no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EADCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Yellow green · ΔE 28.6 Light green · ΔE 31.4 Navajo white · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#867DE7

Analogous#E7BB7D, #A9E77D

Triadic#7DDEE7, #E77DDE

Split complementary#7DA9E7, #BB7DE7

Tetradic#7DE7BB, #867DE7, #E77DA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F4F7D3

Lighter +10%#E9EFA8

Darker −10%#D3DF52

Darker −20%#C8D628

Darker −30%#9FAB20

Darker −40%#778018

More saturated +25%#EEFA6A

Less saturated −25%#CED490

Channel breakdown

R222

G231

B125

Red222 (87.1%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue65.09°

Saturation (HSL)68.83%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E7 · B 7D

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