Recognised as Colour

#DFDE87

#DFDE87
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DFDE87 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 222, 135 and HSL 59°, 58%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DFDE87#DFDE87

HEX#DFDE87

RGBrgb(223, 222, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8706, 0.5294

RGB percentages87.5%, 87.1%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(59.3, 57.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 39.5%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 39.5%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,671,495

CSS custom property--colour: #DFDE87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#202178

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD780no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDB8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EBD4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3 Navajo white · ΔE 22.3 Moccasin · ΔE 22.5 Wheat · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8788DF

Analogous#DFB287, #B4DF87

Triadic#87DFDE, #DE87DF

Split complementary#87B4DF, #B287DF

Tetradic#87DFB2, #8788DF, #DF87B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F4D8

Lighter +10%#EAE9AF

Darker −10%#D4D35F

Darker −20%#CAC836

Darker −30%#A2A02B

Darker −40%#7A7920

More saturated +25%#F2F174

Less saturated −25%#CCCB9A

Channel breakdown

R223

G222

B135

Red223 (87.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue59.32°

Saturation (HSL)57.89%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G DE · B 87

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