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Recognised as Colour

#DDCC83

  • #DDCC83
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#DDCC83 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 204, 131 and HSL 49°, 57%, 69%. 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

#DDCC83#DDCC83
HEX#DDCC83
RGBrgb(221, 204, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8, 0.5137
RGB percentages86.7%, 80%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(48.7, 57%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 40.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 40.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,811
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCC83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.04:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#22337C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAC87Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DECE86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#EAC2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 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 text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.7Khaki · ΔE 11.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.3Burlywood · ΔE 15Navajo white · ΔE 15.7Moccasin · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8394DD
Analogous#DD9F83, #C1DD83
Triadic#83DDCC, #CC83DD
Split complementary#83C1DD, #9F83DD
Tetradic#83DD9F, #8394DD, #DD83C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFB
Lighter +20%#F3EDD3
Lighter +10%#E8DCAB
Darker −10%#D2BC5B
Darker −20%#C4A936
Darker −30%#9C872B
Darker −40%#746420
More saturated +25%#F1D86F
Less saturated −25%#C9C097

Channel breakdown

R221
G204
B131
Red221 (86.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue48.67°
Saturation (HSL)56.96%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G CC · B 83

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