Colour

#DDD187

#DDD187
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDD187 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 209, 135 and HSL 52°, 56%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDD187#DDD187

HEX#DDD187

RGBrgb(221, 209, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8196, 0.5294

RGB percentages86.7%, 82%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(51.6, 55.8%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 38.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 38.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,537,095

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD187;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1

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

Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#222E78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DECD82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2D28Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#E9C7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 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 text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 10.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 10.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.7 Navajo white · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 16.9 Moccasin · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8793DD

Analogous#DDA687, #BEDD87

Triadic#87DDD1, #D187DD

Split complementary#87BEDD, #A687DD

Tetradic#87DDA6, #8793DD, #DD87BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F4EFD6

Lighter +10%#E8E0AF

Darker −10%#D2C25F

Darker −20%#C6B238

Darker −30%#9E8E2D

Darker −40%#766B22

More saturated +25%#F0DF74

Less saturated −25%#CAC39A

Channel breakdown

R221

G209

B135

Red221 (86.7%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue51.63°

Saturation (HSL)55.84%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D1 · B 87

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Colour values

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