Recognised as Colour

#DDCA69

#DDCA69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCA69 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 202, 105 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

#DDCA69#DDCA69

HEX#DDCA69

RGBrgb(221, 202, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.4118

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(50.2, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 52.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,273

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCA69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58633WCAG 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 12.73:1

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

Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#223596

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC560no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CC6Dno 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 44.1 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 text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Burlywood · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.5 Navajo white · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697CDD

Analogous#DD9069, #B6DD69

Triadic#69DDCA, #CA69DD

Split complementary#69B6DD, #9069DD

Tetradic#69DD90, #697CDD, #DD69B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6E6

Lighter +20%#F0E7BC

Lighter +10%#E6D993

Darker −10%#D4BB3F

Darker −20%#B79F29

Darker −30%#8D7B20

Darker −40%#635717

More saturated +25%#F4D952

Less saturated −25%#C6BB80

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B105

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue50.17°

Saturation (HSL)63.04%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B 69

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