Recognised as Colour

#DDCB21

#DDCB21
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DDCB21 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 203, 33 and HSL 54°, 74%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DDCB21#DDCB21

HEX#DDCB21

RGBrgb(221, 203, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7961, 0.1294

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.6%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(54.3, 74%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.3, 85.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 85.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,457

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCB21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1

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

Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#2234DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CC32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EFBCAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 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 text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.6 Khaki · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2133DD

Analogous#DD6D21, #91DD21

Triadic#21DDCB, #CB21DD

Split complementary#2191DD, #6D21DD

Tetradic#21DD6D, #2133DD, #DD2191

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F5D2

Lighter +30%#F2EAA5

Lighter +20%#EBE079

Lighter +10%#E4D64D

Darker −10%#B1A21A

Darker −20%#847914

Darker −30%#58510D

Darker −40%#2C2806

More saturated +25%#FDE501

Less saturated −25%#BDB141

Channel breakdown

R221

G203

B33

Red221 (86.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue54.26°

Saturation (HSL)74.02%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CB · B 21

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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