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Colour

#DFDED8

  • #DFDED8
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFDED8 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 222, 216 and HSL 51°, 10%, 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

#DFDED8#DFDED8
HEX#DFDED8
RGBrgb(223, 222, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8706, 0.8471
RGB percentages87.5%, 87.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(51.4, 9.9%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 3.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 3.1%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,576
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#202127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDED8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0DED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E0DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 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 text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.2Light grey · ΔE 5Linen · ΔE 7.9White smoke · ΔE 8.7Sea shell · ΔE 9.3Old lace · ΔE 9.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.2, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8D9DF
Analogous#DFDBD8, #DDDFD8
Triadic#D8DFDE, #DED8DF
Split complementary#D8DDDF, #DBD8DF
Tetradic#D8DFDB, #D8D9DF, #DFD8DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F6F4
Darker −10%#C8C6BC
Darker −20%#B1AFA0
Darker −30%#9A9784
Darker −40%#817E6A
More saturated +25%#E8E4CF
Less saturated −25%#DCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R223
G222
B216
Red223 (87.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)9.86%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G DE · B D8

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