Recognised as Colour

#DDCA7B

#DDCA7B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDCA7B is a yellow with RGB values 221, 202, 123 and HSL 48°, 59%, 67%. 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

#DDCA7B#DDCA7B

HEX#DDCA7B

RGBrgb(221, 202, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7922, 0.4824

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.2%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(48.4, 59%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 44.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 44.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,291

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCA7B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#223584

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C675no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECD7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EBBFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 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 text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.6 Khaki · ΔE 10.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Burlywood · ΔE 16.7 Navajo white · ΔE 18.2 Moccasin · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B8EDD

Analogous#DD997B, #BFDD7B

Triadic#7BDDCA, #CA7BDD

Split complementary#7BBFDD, #997BDD

Tetradic#7BDD99, #7B8EDD, #DD7BBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBF5

Lighter +20%#F2EBCC

Lighter +10%#E7DAA4

Darker −10%#D3BA52

Darker −20%#C0A532

Darker −30%#988227

Darker −40%#6F5F1D

More saturated +25%#F2D766

Less saturated −25%#C8BD90

Channel breakdown

R221

G202

B123

Red221 (86.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue48.37°

Saturation (HSL)59.04%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CA · B 7B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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