Recognised as Colour

#DDCE79

#DDCE79
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDCE79 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 206, 121 and HSL 51°, 60%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDCE79#DDCE79

HEX#DDCE79

RGBrgb(221, 206, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8078, 0.4745

RGB percentages86.7%, 80.8%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(51, 59.5%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 45.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 45.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,536,313

CSS custom property--colour: #DDCE79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#223186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDC972no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1CF7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EAC3BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 10.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.8 Burlywood · ΔE 20 Navajo white · ΔE 20.6 Moccasin · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7988DD

Analogous#DD9C79, #BADD79

Triadic#79DDCE, #CE79DD

Split complementary#79BADD, #9C79DD

Tetradic#79DD9C, #7988DD, #DD79BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBF3

Lighter +20%#F2ECCA

Lighter +10%#E7DDA2

Darker −10%#D3BF50

Darker −20%#BFAA31

Darker −30%#978626

Darker −40%#6E621C

More saturated +25%#F2DD64

Less saturated −25%#C8BF8E

Channel breakdown

R221

G206

B121

Red221 (86.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)59.52%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G CE · B 79

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Colour values

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