Barberry Color
Barberry is a yellow color with hex code #DED717. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with barberry, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Barberry Color Values
What Does Barberry Mean?
Barberry belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Barberry sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Barberry is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: vivid greenish yellow, #DCD300).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Barberry
Barberry and #171EDE are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #DE7417 and #81DE17, which sit beside barberry on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair barberry with triadic partners #17DED7 and #D717DE. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Piss Yellow —
#DDD618(Delta E 1) - Bird Flower —
#D4CD16(Delta E 5) - Sunflower —
#E4D422(Delta E 5) - Dirty Yellow —
#CDC50A(Delta E 7) - Ugly Yellow —
#D0C101(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #DED717; }
.background { background-color: #DED717; }
.border { border: 2px solid #DED717; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #DED71740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for barberry?
Barberry has the hex code #DED717. In RGB notation it is rgb(222, 215, 23), in HSL it is hsl(58, 81%, 48%), and its OKLCH value is 0.857, 0.181, 107.2.
What does the color barberry mean?
Yellow-family colors like barberry carry distinct psychological associations. Barberry belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Barberry sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with barberry?
Barberry has three easy routes: its complement #171EDE for punch, its neighbors #DE7417 and #81DE17 for something calmer, or triadic partners #17DED7 and #D717DE when you want energy.
Is barberry a standard web color?
No — Barberry is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #DED717 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make barberry lighter or darker?
To lighten barberry, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FBF9D5 (lightest tint) to #252404 (darkest shade).
About Barberry
Barberry is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #DED717 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.