Recognised as Colour

#DDCE6E

#DDCE6E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCE6E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 206, 110 and HSL 52°, 62%, 65%. 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

#DDCE6E#DDCE6E

HEX#DDCE6E

RGBrgb(221, 206, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8078, 0.4314

RGB percentages86.7%, 80.8%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(51.9, 62%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 50.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 50.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,536,302

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCE6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1

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

Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#223191

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC966no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CF72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBC2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 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 text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Burlywood · ΔE 24.5 Navajo white · ΔE 25.3 Moccasin · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E7DDD

Analogous#DD966E, #B5DD6E

Triadic#6EDDCE, #CE6EDD

Split complementary#6EB5DD, #976EDD

Tetradic#6EDD96, #6E7DDD, #DD6EB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF8EA

Lighter +20%#F0EAC1

Lighter +10%#E7DC97

Darker −10%#D3C045

Darker −20%#BAA62B

Darker −30%#908122

Darker −40%#675C18

More saturated +25%#F3DE58

Less saturated −25%#C7BE84

Channel breakdown

R221

G206

B110

Red221 (86.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue51.89°

Saturation (HSL)62.01%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CE · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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