Information about #DEDE5B color

#DEDE5B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DEDE5B falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(222, 222, 91) — 87.1% red, 87.1% green, 35.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 51 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#DEDE5B is a energetic, saturated yellow that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to inessele (#D5E054). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Maximum Green Yellow (#D9E650) and Chinese Green (#D0DB61).

In RGB terms — rgb(222, 222, 91) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #DEDE5B: 14.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DEDE5B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DEDE5B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DEDE5B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#DEDE5B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#DEDE5B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#DEDE5B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#DEDE5B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #DEDE5B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

inessele color link
inessele

#D5E054

Maximum Green Yellow color link
Maximum Green Yellow

#D9E650

Chinese Green color link
Chinese Green

#D0DB61

Bored Accent Green color link
Bored Accent Green

#DDE26A

Dull Yellow color link
Dull Yellow

#EEDC5B

Brilliant Apple Green color link
Brilliant Apple Green

#D5E751

Brilliant Gold color link
Brilliant Gold

#E7D551

Brilliant Yellow color link
Brilliant Yellow

#E7E751

RCAP Yellow color link
RCAP Yellow

#D6E868

Curiosity color link
Curiosity

#D3E568

RCAP GREEN color link
RCAP GREEN

#D5E868

Sublime color link
Sublime

#CDE65D

#DEDE5B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DEDE5B
  • RGB222, 222, 91
  • CMYK0, 0, 51, 13
  • CSSrgb(222, 222, 91)
  • HSL60°, 66%, 61%
  • HSL Precise60°, 66.497%, 61.373%
  • HSV60°, 59%, 87%
  • HSB60°, 59%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • GLSLvec3(0.871, 0.871, 0.357)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.871, 0.871, 0.357, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.871, 0.871, 0.357)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDEDE5B
  • DECIMAL ID14605915
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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