Recognised as Colour

#DDCE69

#DDCE69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCE69 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 206, 105 and HSL 52°, 63%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDCE69#DDCE69

HEX#DDCE69

RGBrgb(221, 206, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8078, 0.4118

RGB percentages86.7%, 80.8%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(52.2, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 52.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,536,297

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCE69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.11:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#223196

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC960no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CF6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ECC2B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 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 text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3 Burlywood · ΔE 26.6 Navajo white · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6978DD

Analogous#DD9469, #B2DD69

Triadic#69DDCE, #CE69DD

Split complementary#69B2DD, #9469DD

Tetradic#69DD94, #6978DD, #DD69B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7E6

Lighter +20%#F0E9BC

Lighter +10%#E6DC93

Darker −10%#D4C03F

Darker −20%#B7A429

Darker −30%#8D7F20

Darker −40%#635A17

More saturated +25%#F4DF52

Less saturated −25%#C6BD80

Channel breakdown

R221

G206

B105

Red221 (86.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue52.24°

Saturation (HSL)63.04%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CE · B 69

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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