Recognised as Colour
#DFEE8D
- #DFEE8D
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Khaki
#DFEE8D is a yellow with RGB values 223, 238, 141 and HSL 69°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.
Colour values
#DFEE8D#DFEE8D
HEX#DFEE8D
RGBrgb(223, 238, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9333, 0.5529
RGB percentages87.5%, 93.3%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(69.3, 74%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.3, 40.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK6.3%, 0%, 40.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,675,597
CSS custom property--colour: #DFEE8D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.7876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.75:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#201172
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9C8DEE
Analogous#EECC8D, #AFEE8D
Triadic#8DDFEE, #EE8DDF
Split complementary#8DAFEE, #CC8DEE
Tetradic#8DEECD, #9C8DEE, #EE8DAF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R223
G238
B141
Red223 (87.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue69.28°
Saturation (HSL)74.05%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DF · G EE · B 8D
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