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Recognised as Colour

#DDCE98

  • #DDCE98
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DDCE98 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 206, 152 and HSL 47°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDCE98#DDCE98
HEX#DDCE98
RGBrgb(221, 206, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8078, 0.5961
RGB percentages86.7%, 80.8%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(47, 50.4%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 31.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 6.8%, 31.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,536,344
CSS custom property--colour: #DDCE98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#223167

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9CB94no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD09Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C6C0no 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 text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7Navajo white · ΔE 10.4Moccasin · ΔE 10.7Burlywood · ΔE 11.5Tan · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98A7DD
Analogous#DDAC98, #CADD98
Triadic#98DDCE, #CE98DD
Split complementary#98C9DD, #AC98DD
Tetradic#98DDAC, #98A7DD, #DD98C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F2E5
Lighter +10%#EAE0BE
Darker −10%#D0BC72
Darker −20%#C4AA4B
Darker −30%#A58D37
Darker −40%#7F6D2A
More saturated +25%#EED887
Less saturated −25%#CCC4A9

Channel breakdown

R221
G206
B152
Red221 (86.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue46.96°
Saturation (HSL)50.36%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G CE · B 98

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