Colour

#DDC868

#DDC868
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDC868 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 200, 104 and HSL 49°, 63%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDC868#DDC868

HEX#DDC868

RGBrgb(221, 200, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7843, 0.4078

RGB percentages86.7%, 78.4%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(49.2, 63.2%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 52.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.5%, 52.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,534,760

CSS custom property--colour: #DDC868;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.54:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#223797

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C45Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECB6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22 Burlywood · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9 Navajo white · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687DDD

Analogous#DD8D68, #B8DD68

Triadic#68DDC8, #C868DD

Split complementary#68B7DD, #8E68DD

Tetradic#68DD8D, #687DDD, #DD68B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F5E5

Lighter +20%#F0E6BB

Lighter +10%#E6D792

Darker −10%#D4B93E

Darker −20%#B69D29

Darker −30%#8C7920

Darker −40%#635516

More saturated +25%#F4D751

Less saturated −25%#C6B97F

Channel breakdown

R221

G200

B104

Red221 (86.7%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)63.24%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G C8 · B 68

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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