Recognised as Colour

#DDCB7E

#DDCB7E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDCB7E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 203, 126 and HSL 49°, 58%, 68%. 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

#DDCB7E#DDCB7E

HEX#DDCB7E

RGBrgb(221, 203, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.7961, 0.4941

RGB percentages86.7%, 79.6%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(48.6, 58.3%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 43%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 43%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,535,550

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCB7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1

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

Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#223481

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C778no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DECE81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EAC0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 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 text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.5 Khaki · ΔE 10.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.9 Burlywood · ΔE 16.2 Navajo white · ΔE 17.3 Moccasin · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E90DD

Analogous#DD9B7E, #C0DD7E

Triadic#7EDDCB, #CB7EDD

Split complementary#7EC0DD, #9B7EDD

Tetradic#7EDD9C, #7E90DD, #DD7EC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF7

Lighter +20%#F2ECCF

Lighter +10%#E8DBA6

Darker −10%#D2BB56

Darker −20%#C2A733

Darker −30%#9A8428

Darker −40%#71611E

More saturated +25%#F1D86A

Less saturated −25%#C9BE92

Channel breakdown

R221

G203

B126

Red221 (86.7%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue48.63°

Saturation (HSL)58.28%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CB · B 7E

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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