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Recognised as Colour

#DDB23F

  • #DDB23F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DDB23F is a orange with RGB values 221, 178, 63 and HSL 44°, 70%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDB23F#DDB23F
HEX#DDB23F
RGBrgb(221, 178, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.698, 0.2471
RGB percentages86.7%, 69.8%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(43.7, 69.9%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(43.7, 71.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 19.5%, 71.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,529,087
CSS custom property--colour: #DDB23F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#224DC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7B12Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BC45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#EFA39Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4Sandy brown · ΔE 24.2Peru · ΔE 25.6Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9Orange · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F6ADD
Analogous#DD633F, #B9DD3F
Triadic#3FDDB2, #B23FDD
Split complementary#3FB9DD, #633FDD
Tetradic#3FDD63, #3F6ADD, #DD3FB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF8EC
Lighter +30%#F4E6C1
Lighter +20%#ECD596
Lighter +10%#E5C36A
Darker −10%#C69A23
Darker −20%#9B781B
Darker −30%#6F5614
Darker −40%#44350C
More saturated +25%#F9BF23
Less saturated −25%#C1A55B

Channel breakdown

R221
G178
B63
Red221 (86.7%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue43.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.91%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G B2 · B 3F

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