Colour

#DDCA62

#DDCA62
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCA62 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 202, 98 and HSL 51°, 64%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDCA62#DDCA62

HEX#DDCA62

RGBrgb(221, 202, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.3843

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(50.7, 64.4%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 55.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 55.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,266

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCA62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#22359D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBC558no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBDB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Burlywood · ΔE 27.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6275DD

Analogous#DD8D62, #B2DD62

Triadic#62DDCA, #CA62DD

Split complementary#62B3DD, #8D62DD

Tetradic#62DD8D, #6275DD, #DD62B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4E0

Lighter +20%#EFE6B6

Lighter +10%#E6D88C

Darker −10%#D4BC38

Darker −20%#B29D27

Darker −30%#88781E

Darker −40%#5F5314

More saturated +25%#F5DA4A

Less saturated −25%#C5BA7A

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B98

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue50.73°

Saturation (HSL)64.4%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B 62

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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