Recognised as Colour

#DEE87C

#DEE87C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEE87C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 232, 124 and HSL 66°, 70%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEE87C#DEE87C

HEX#DEE87C

RGBrgb(222, 232, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9098, 0.4863

RGB percentages87.1%, 91%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(65.6, 70.1%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.6, 46.6%, 91%)

CMYK4.3%, 0%, 46.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,508

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE87C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#211783

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DF73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E281no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EADDCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.1 Yellow green · ΔE 27.9 Light green · ΔE 31.2 Pale green · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#867CE8

Analogous#E8BC7C, #A8E87C

Triadic#7CDEE8, #E87CDE

Split complementary#7CA8E8, #BC7CE8

Tetradic#7CE8BC, #867CE8, #E87CA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F4F7D3

Lighter +10%#E9F0A7

Darker −10%#D3E051

Darker −20%#C8D826

Darker −30%#A0AD1E

Darker −40%#778117

More saturated +25%#EEFB69

Less saturated −25%#CED58F

Channel breakdown

R222

G232

B124

Red222 (87.1%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue65.56°

Saturation (HSL)70.13%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E8 · B 7C

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