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Recognised as Colour

#DDB905

  • #DDB905
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#DDB905 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 185, 5 and HSL 50°, 96%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDB905#DDB905
HEX#DDB905
RGBrgb(221, 185, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7255, 0.0196
RGB percentages86.7%, 72.5%, 2%
HSLhsl(50, 95.6%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 97.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 16.3%, 97.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,530,821
CSS custom property--colour: #DDB905;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#2246FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CEB500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C01Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F0A99Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.1Gold · ΔE 14.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25Orange · ΔE 25.1Yellow · ΔE 33.9Olive · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0529DD
Analogous#DD4D05, #95DD05
Triadic#05DDB9, #B905DD
Split complementary#0595DD, #4D05DD
Tetradic#05DD4D, #0529DD, #DD0595

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDF0B1
Lighter +30%#FCE77F
Lighter +20%#FBDE4D
Lighter +10%#FAD51B
Darker −10%#AB8F04
Darker −20%#796603
Darker −30%#473C02
Darker −40%#161200
More saturated +25%#E2BC00
Less saturated −25%#C1A621

Channel breakdown

R221
G185
B5
Red221 (86.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)95.58%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G B9 · B 05

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