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Recognised as Colour

#DCDDAF

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

#DCDDAF is a yellow with RGB values 220, 221, 175 and HSL 61°, 40%, 78%. 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

#DCDDAF#DCDDAF
HEX#DCDDAF
RGBrgb(220, 221, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8667, 0.6863
RGB percentages86.3%, 86.7%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(61.3, 40.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.3, 20.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK0.5%, 0%, 20.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,474,671
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDDAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#232250

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D9ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6DBB1no 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 20.6 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 text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.4Wheat · ΔE 9.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11Moccasin · ΔE 11.9Blanched almond · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0AFDD
Analogous#DDC7AF, #C5DDAF
Triadic#AFDCDD, #DDAFDC
Split complementary#AFC5DD, #C7AFDD
Tetradic#AFDDC7, #B0AFDD, #DDAFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBF7
Lighter +10%#ECECD3
Darker −10%#CCCE8B
Darker −20%#BDBF67
Darker −30%#A8AB48
Darker −40%#858739
More saturated +25%#EAEBA1
Less saturated −25%#CECFBD

Channel breakdown

R220
G221
B175
Red220 (86.3%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue61.3°
Saturation (HSL)40.35%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G DD · B AF

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