#dede16

Color #dede16

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 16.28 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#dede16

RGB

rgb(222, 222, 22)

HSL

hsl(60, 82%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 90.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 90.1%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(85.92, -19.18, 82.92)

LCH

lch(85.92, 85.11, 103.02)

OKLCH

oklch(87.2%, 0.1869, 109.73)

HWB

hwb(60, 8.6%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1616de

Analogous

#de7a16

#dede16

#7ade16

Triadic

#dede16

#16dede

#de16de

Split-complementary

#dede16

#167ade

#7a16de

Tetradic

#dede16

#16de16

#1616de

#de16de

Square

#dede16

#16de7a

#1616de

#de167a

Shades

Color #dede16 mixed toward black.

#b9b912

#94940f

#6f6f0b

#4a4a07

#252504

Tints

Color #dede16 mixed toward white.

#ebeb35

#efef5d

#f3f386

#f7f7ae

#fbfbd7

Tones

Color #dede16 mixed toward gray.

#cdcd27

#bdbd37

#acac48

#9b9b59

#8b8b69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dede77 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#dede82 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#de99a0 · ΔE 48.7

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 29.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dede16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dede16]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dede16 (#dede16) is rgb(222, 222, 22) in RGB.

No, #dede16 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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