Recognised as Colour

#DDCB79

#DDCB79
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDCB79 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 203, 121 and HSL 49°, 60%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DDCB79

RGBrgb(221, 203, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7961, 0.4745

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.6%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(49.2, 59.5%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 45.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 45.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,545

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCB79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.89:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#223486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAC772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCD7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EBC0B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.8 Khaki · ΔE 10 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.6 Burlywood · ΔE 18.1 Navajo white · ΔE 19.4 Moccasin · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#798BDD

Analogous#DD9979, #BDDD79

Triadic#79DDCB, #CB79DD

Split complementary#79BDDD, #9979DD

Tetradic#79DD99, #798BDD, #DD79BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFAF3

Lighter +20%#F2EBCA

Lighter +10%#E7DBA2

Darker −10%#D3BB50

Darker −20%#BFA631

Darker −30%#978326

Darker −40%#6E5F1C

More saturated +25%#F2D864

Less saturated −25%#C8BE8E

Channel breakdown

R221

G203

B121

Red221 (86.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue49.2°

Saturation (HSL)59.52%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CB · B 79

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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