Recognised as Colour

#DDCA4E

#DDCA4E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCA4E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 202, 78 and HSL 52°, 68%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDCA4E#DDCA4E

HEX#DDCA4E

RGBrgb(221, 202, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.3059

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(52, 67.8%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 64.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 64.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,246

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#2235B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC43Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CC55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EDBCB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 24 Gold · ΔE 26.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8 Olive · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E61DD

Analogous#DD824E, #A8DD4E

Triadic#4EDDCA, #CA4EDD

Split complementary#4EA8DD, #834EDD

Tetradic#4EDD83, #4E61DD, #DD4EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDF9

Lighter +30%#F6F0CE

Lighter +20%#EDE4A4

Lighter +10%#E5D779

Darker −10%#D0BA28

Darker −20%#A59420

Darker −30%#7A6D18

Darker −40%#50470F

More saturated +25%#F7DD34

Less saturated −25%#C3B768

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B78

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue52.03°

Saturation (HSL)67.77%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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