Recognised as Colour

#DDD09B

#DDD09B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#DDD09B is a yellow with RGB values 221, 208, 155 and HSL 48°, 49%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDD09B#DDD09B

HEX#DDD09B

RGBrgb(221, 208, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8157, 0.6078

RGB percentages86.7%, 81.6%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(48.2, 49.3%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 29.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 29.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,536,859

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD09B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#222F64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBCD97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DED29Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E7C8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.2 Moccasin · ΔE 10.4 Navajo white · ΔE 10.5 Burlywood · ΔE 12.5 Tan · ΔE 12.5

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BA8DD

Analogous#DDAF9B, #C9DD9B

Triadic#9BDDD0, #D09BDD

Split complementary#9BC9DD, #AF9BDD

Tetradic#9BDDAF, #9BA8DD, #DD9BC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F4E7

Lighter +10%#EAE2C1

Darker −10%#D0BE75

Darker −20%#C3AC4F

Darker −30%#A69139

Darker −40%#80702C

More saturated +25%#EEDA8A

Less saturated −25%#CCC6AC

Channel breakdown

R221

G208

B155

Red221 (86.7%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue48.18°

Saturation (HSL)49.25%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D0 · B 9B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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