Recognised as Colour

#DADD8B

#DADD8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DADD8B is a yellow with RGB values 218, 221, 139 and HSL 62°, 55%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DADD8B#DADD8B

HEX#DADD8B

RGBrgb(218, 221, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8667, 0.5451

RGB percentages85.5%, 86.7%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(62.2, 54.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.2, 37.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK1.4%, 0%, 37.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,343,563

CSS custom property--colour: #DADD8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#252274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D685no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E4D4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6 Moccasin · ΔE 21.4 Navajo white · ΔE 21.5 Wheat · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E8BDD

Analogous#DDB78B, #B1DD8B

Triadic#8BDADD, #DD8BDA

Split complementary#8BB1DD, #B78BDD

Tetradic#8BDDB7, #8E8BDD, #DD8BB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F4DA

Lighter +10%#E7E9B2

Darker −10%#CDD164

Darker −20%#C1C63C

Darker −30%#9CA02F

Darker −40%#767923

More saturated +25%#EBF078

Less saturated −25%#C9CA9E

Channel breakdown

R218

G221

B139

Red218 (85.5%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue62.2°

Saturation (HSL)54.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DA · G DD · B 8B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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