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Recognised as Colour

#DDC987

  • #DDC987
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDC987 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 201, 135 and HSL 46°, 56%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DDC987#DDC987
HEX#DDC987
RGBrgb(221, 201, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7882, 0.5294
RGB percentages86.7%, 78.8%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(46, 55.8%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 38.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 9%, 38.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,047
CSS custom property--colour: #DDC987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#223678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C682no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCC89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EABFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.9Burlywood · ΔE 11.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12Navajo white · ΔE 13.3Wheat · ΔE 14.6Tan · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#879BDD
Analogous#DD9E87, #C6DD87
Triadic#87DDC9, #C987DD
Split complementary#87C6DD, #9E87DD
Tetradic#87DD9E, #879BDD, #DD87C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFE
Lighter +20%#F4EDD6
Lighter +10%#E8DBAF
Darker −10%#D2B75F
Darker −20%#C6A538
Darker −30%#9E842D
Darker −40%#766322
More saturated +25%#F0D374
Less saturated −25%#CABF9A

Channel breakdown

R221
G201
B135
Red221 (86.7%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue46.05°
Saturation (HSL)55.84%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G C9 · B 87

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