Recognised as Colour

#DDCB2D

#DDCB2D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DDCB2D is a yellow with RGB values 221, 203, 45 and HSL 54°, 72%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DDCB2D#DDCB2D

HEX#DDCB2D

RGBrgb(221, 203, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7961, 0.1765

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.6%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(53.9, 72.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 79.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 79.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,469

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCB2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1

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

Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#2234D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CC3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EEBCAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.2 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 text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Yellow · ΔE 28.8 Yellow green · ΔE 29.6 Khaki · ΔE 30.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D3FDD

Analogous#DD732D, #97DD2D

Triadic#2DDDCB, #CB2DDD

Split complementary#2D97DD, #732DDD

Tetradic#2DDD73, #2D3FDD, #DD2D97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6DD

Lighter +30%#F2ECB1

Lighter +20%#EBE185

Lighter +10%#E4D659

Darker −10%#B9A91E

Darker −20%#8D8117

Darker −30%#615910

Darker −40%#353109

More saturated +25%#FCE30F

Less saturated −25%#BFB34C

Channel breakdown

R221

G203

B45

Red221 (86.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue53.86°

Saturation (HSL)72.13%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CB · B 2D

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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