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Recognised as Colour

#DFDED6

  • #DFDED6
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFDED6 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 222, 214 and HSL 53°, 12%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DFDED6#DFDED6
HEX#DFDED6
RGBrgb(223, 222, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8706, 0.8392
RGB percentages87.5%, 87.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(53.3, 12.3%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 4%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,574
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#202129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DDD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0DED6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E1DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.2Light grey · ΔE 5.6Linen · ΔE 7.7White smoke · ΔE 9.2Sea shell · ΔE 9.4Old lace · ΔE 9.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.22, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6D7DF
Analogous#DFDAD6, #DCDFD6
Triadic#D6DFDE, #DED6DF
Split complementary#D6DCDF, #DAD6DF
Tetradic#D6DFDA, #D6D7DF, #DFD6DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F5F3
Darker −10%#C9C7B9
Darker −20%#B2B09D
Darker −30%#9C9980
Darker −40%#838066
More saturated +25%#E8E5CD
Less saturated −25%#DBDBDB

Channel breakdown

R223
G222
B214
Red223 (87.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue53.33°
Saturation (HSL)12.33%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G DE · B D6

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