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Recognised as Colour

#DCDDAD

  • #DCDDAD
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DCDDAD is a yellow with RGB values 220, 221, 173 and HSL 61°, 41%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DCDDAD#DCDDAD
HEX#DCDDAD
RGBrgb(220, 221, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8667, 0.6784
RGB percentages86.3%, 86.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(61.2, 41.4%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.2, 21.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK0.5%, 0%, 21.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,474,669
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDDAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#232252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D9AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6DBAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D7D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.6Wheat · ΔE 9.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.4Moccasin · ΔE 11.9Navajo white · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEADDD
Analogous#DDC6AD, #C4DDAD
Triadic#ADDCDD, #DDADDC
Split complementary#ADC4DD, #C6ADDD
Tetradic#ADDDC6, #AEADDD, #DDADC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBF5
Lighter +10%#EBECD1
Darker −10%#CDCE89
Darker −20%#BDBF65
Darker −30%#A8AA47
Darker −40%#858638
More saturated +25%#EAEC9F
Less saturated −25%#CECFBC

Channel breakdown

R220
G221
B173
Red220 (86.3%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue61.25°
Saturation (HSL)41.38%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G DD · B AD

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