Recognised as Colour

#DDD45E

#DDD45E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDD45E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 212, 94 and HSL 56°, 65%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DDD45E

RGBrgb(221, 212, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8314, 0.3686

RGB percentages86.7%, 83.1%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(55.7, 65.1%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 57.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 4.1%, 57.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,537,822

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD45E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.65:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#222BA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CD51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D364no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Tritanopia#ECC7BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Yellow green · ΔE 28.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Gold · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E67DD

Analogous#DD955E, #A7DD5E

Triadic#5EDDD4, #D45EDD

Split complementary#5EA6DD, #955EDD

Tetradic#5EDD95, #5E67DD, #DD5EA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F6DC

Lighter +20%#EFEAB2

Lighter +10%#E6DF88

Darker −10%#D4C934

Darker −20%#B0A625

Darker −30%#867E1C

Darker −40%#5C5713

More saturated +25%#F5E946

Less saturated −25%#C5BF76

Channel breakdown

R221

G212

B94

Red221 (86.7%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue55.75°

Saturation (HSL)65.13%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D4 · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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