Recognised as Colour

#DDD21C

#DDD21C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#DDD21C is a yellow with RGB values 221, 210, 28 and HSL 57°, 78%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#DDD21C#DDD21C

HEX#DDD21C

RGBrgb(221, 210, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8235, 0.1098

RGB percentages86.7%, 82.4%, 11%

HSLhsl(56.6, 77.5%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 87.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 87.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,537,244

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD21C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#222DE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D131no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#EEC3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.6 Yellow · ΔE 22.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 28.2 Khaki · ΔE 35.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C27DD

Analogous#DD721C, #88DD1C

Triadic#1CDDD2, #D21CDD

Split complementary#1C87DD, #721CDD

Tetradic#1CDD72, #1C27DD, #DD1C87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6CC

Lighter +30%#F3EE9F

Lighter +20%#EDE672

Lighter +10%#E7DE45

Darker −10%#B0A716

Darker −20%#827C11

Darker −30%#55510B

Darker −40%#282605

More saturated +25%#F9EB00

Less saturated −25%#BEB63B

Channel breakdown

R221

G210

B28

Red221 (86.7%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue56.58°

Saturation (HSL)77.51%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D2 · B 1C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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