Recognised as Colour

#DEEE85

#DEEE85
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DEEE85 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 238, 133 and HSL 69°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DEEE85#DEEE85

HEX#DEEE85

RGBrgb(222, 238, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9333, 0.5216

RGB percentages87.1%, 93.3%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(69.1, 75.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.1, 44.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK6.7%, 0%, 44.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,610,053

CSS custom property--colour: #DEEE85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.67:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#21117A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE47Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E68Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E8E4D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Light green · ΔE 28.7 Yellow green · ΔE 28.7 Pale green · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9585EE

Analogous#EEC985, #AAEE85

Triadic#85DEEE, #EE85DE

Split complementary#85AAEE, #C985EE

Tetradic#85EEC9, #9585EE, #EE85AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6FADF

Lighter +10%#EAF4B2

Darker −10%#D2E858

Darker −20%#C6E22B

Darker −30%#A6BF1B

Darker −40%#7F9314

More saturated +25%#EAFF74

Less saturated −25%#D2DD96

Channel breakdown

R222

G238

B133

Red222 (87.1%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue69.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G EE · B 85

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