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Recognised as Colour

#DDCC96

  • #DDCC96
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DDCC96 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 204, 150 and HSL 46°, 51%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDCC96#DDCC96
HEX#DDCC96
RGBrgb(221, 204, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8, 0.5882
RGB percentages86.7%, 80%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(45.6, 51.1%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.6, 32.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 7.7%, 32.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,535,830
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCC96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#223369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8CA92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCCF98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.4Navajo white · ΔE 10.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.5Burlywood · ΔE 10.5Moccasin · ΔE 10.8Tan · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96A7DD
Analogous#DDA996, #CBDD96
Triadic#96DDCC, #CC96DD
Split complementary#96CBDD, #A996DD
Tetradic#96DDA9, #96A7DD, #DD96CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F1E3
Lighter +10%#E9DFBD
Darker −10%#D1B96F
Darker −20%#C4A749
Darker −30%#A58A35
Darker −40%#7E6A29
More saturated +25%#EED585
Less saturated −25%#CCC3A7

Channel breakdown

R221
G204
B150
Red221 (86.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue45.63°
Saturation (HSL)51.08%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G CC · B 96

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