Recognised as Colour

#DEED6A

#DEED6A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEED6A is a yellow with RGB values 222, 237, 106 and HSL 67°, 78%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEED6A#DEED6A

HEX#DEED6A

RGBrgb(222, 237, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9294, 0.4157

RGB percentages87.1%, 92.9%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(66.9, 78.4%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.9, 55.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK6.3%, 0%, 55.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,609,770

CSS custom property--colour: #DEED6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.43:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#211295

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE25Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FBE572no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EAE1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.7 Yellow green · ΔE 21.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33.3 Light green · ΔE 33.8 Gold · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#796AED

Analogous#EDBB6A, #9CED6A

Triadic#6ADEED, #ED6ADE

Split complementary#6A9CED, #BB6AED

Tetradic#6AEDBB, #796AED, #ED6A9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFDF3

Lighter +20%#F2F8C5

Lighter +10%#E8F298

Darker −10%#D4E83C

Darker −20%#C1D71A

Darker −30%#98AA14

Darker −40%#707C0F

More saturated +25%#ECFF58

Less saturated −25%#CED87F

Channel breakdown

R222

G237

B106

Red222 (87.1%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue66.87°

Saturation (HSL)78.44%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G ED · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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