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Recognised as Colour

#DFDE9A

  • #DFDE9A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DFDE9A is a yellow with RGB values 223, 222, 154 and HSL 59°, 52%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DFDE9A#DFDE9A
HEX#DFDE9A
RGBrgb(223, 222, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8706, 0.6039
RGB percentages87.5%, 87.1%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(59.1, 51.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 30.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 30.9%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,514
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDE9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#202165

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D995no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#EADC9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E9D6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.5Khaki · ΔE 11.9Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9Moccasin · ΔE 15.1Wheat · ΔE 15.1Navajo white · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A9BDF
Analogous#DFBC9A, #BEDF9A
Triadic#9ADFDE, #DE9ADF
Split complementary#9ABDDF, #BC9ADF
Tetradic#9ADFBC, #9A9BDF, #DF9ABD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F7E7
Lighter +10%#EBEBC1
Darker −10%#D3D173
Darker −20%#C6C54D
Darker −30%#AAA836
Darker −40%#83822A
More saturated +25%#F0EE89
Less saturated −25%#CECEAB

Channel breakdown

R223
G222
B154
Red223 (87.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue59.13°
Saturation (HSL)51.88%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G DE · B 9A

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