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Recognised as Colour

#DDCC7D

  • #DDCC7D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDCC7D is a yellow with RGB values 221, 204, 125 and HSL 49°, 59%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#DDCC7D#DDCC7D
HEX#DDCC7D
RGBrgb(221, 204, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8, 0.4902
RGB percentages86.7%, 80%, 49%
HSLhsl(49.4, 58.5%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 43.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 43.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,805
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCC7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#223382

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAC877no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFCE80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#EAC1B9no 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 text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.6Khaki · ΔE 10.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.2Burlywood · ΔE 17.2Navajo white · ΔE 18.1Moccasin · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D8EDD
Analogous#DD9C7D, #BEDD7D
Triadic#7DDDCC, #CC7DDD
Split complementary#7DBEDD, #9C7DDD
Tetradic#7DDD9C, #7D8EDD, #DD7DBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCF6
Lighter +20%#F2ECCE
Lighter +10%#E8DCA5
Darker −10%#D2BC55
Darker −20%#C1A833
Darker −30%#998528
Darker −40%#71621D
More saturated +25%#F2D969
Less saturated −25%#C9BF92

Channel breakdown

R221
G204
B125
Red221 (86.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue49.38°
Saturation (HSL)58.54%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G CC · B 7D

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