Colour

#DDCA68

#DDCA68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCA68 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 202, 104 and HSL 50°, 63%, 64%. 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

#DDCA68#DDCA68

HEX#DDCA68

RGBrgb(221, 202, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.4078

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(50.3, 63.2%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 52.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 52.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,272

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCA68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.72:1

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

Contrast with black12.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#223597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC55Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ECBEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 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 text12.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Burlywood · ΔE 24.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Navajo white · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#687BDD

Analogous#DD9068, #B5DD68

Triadic#68DDCA, #CA68DD

Split complementary#68B5DD, #9068DD

Tetradic#68DD90, #687BDD, #DD68B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E5

Lighter +20%#F0E7BB

Lighter +10%#E6D992

Darker −10%#D4BB3E

Darker −20%#B69F29

Darker −30%#8C7B20

Darker −40%#635616

More saturated +25%#F4DA51

Less saturated −25%#C6BA7F

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B104

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue50.26°

Saturation (HSL)63.24%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B 68

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