Recognised as Colour

#DEEE6A

#DEEE6A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEEE6A is a yellow with RGB values 222, 238, 106 and HSL 67°, 80%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DEEE6A

RGBrgb(222, 238, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9333, 0.4157

RGB percentages87.1%, 93.3%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(67.3, 79.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.3, 55.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK6.7%, 0%, 55.5%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,610,026

CSS custom property--colour: #DEEE6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#211195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE35Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE572no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EAE2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 21.3 Yellow green · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.1 Light green · ΔE 33.7 Pale green · ΔE 33.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 21.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A6AEE

Analogous#EEBC6A, #9CEE6A

Triadic#6ADEEE, #EE6ADE

Split complementary#6A9CEE, #BC6AEE

Tetradic#6AEEBC, #7A6AEE, #EE6A9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFEF3

Lighter +20%#F2F8C6

Lighter +10%#E8F398

Darker −10%#D4E93C

Darker −20%#C2D919

Darker −30%#99AB14

Darker −40%#707E0E

More saturated +25%#EBFF59

Less saturated −25%#CED97F

Channel breakdown

R222

G238

B106

Red222 (87.1%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue67.27°

Saturation (HSL)79.52%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G EE · B 6A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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