Recognised as Colour

#CADD69

#CADD69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#CADD69 is a yellow with RGB values 202, 221, 105 and HSL 70°, 63%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#CADD69#CADD69

HEX#CADD69

RGBrgb(202, 221, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8667, 0.4118

RGB percentages79.2%, 86.7%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(69.8, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.8, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK8.6%, 0%, 52.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,294,953

CSS custom property--colour: #CADD69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#352296

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD35Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D4D2C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.5 Yellow green · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Light green · ΔE 29.1 Pale green · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7C69DD

Analogous#DDB669, #90DD69

Triadic#69CADD, #DD69CA

Split complementary#6990DD, #B669DD

Tetradic#69DDB6, #7C69DD, #DD6990

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F9E6

Lighter +20%#E7F0BC

Lighter +10%#D9E693

Darker −10%#BBD43F

Darker −20%#9FB729

Darker −30%#7B8D20

Darker −40%#576317

More saturated +25%#D9F452

Less saturated −25%#BBC680

Channel breakdown

R202

G221

B105

Red202 (79.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue69.83°

Saturation (HSL)63.04%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR CA · G DD · B 69

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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