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Recognised as Colour

#DDD4AB

  • #DDD4AB
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DDD4AB is a yellow with RGB values 221, 212, 171 and HSL 49°, 42%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDD4AB#DDD4AB
HEX#DDD4AB
RGBrgb(221, 212, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8314, 0.6706
RGB percentages86.7%, 83.1%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(49.2, 42.4%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 22.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.1%, 22.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,537,899
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD4AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.08:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#222B54

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#DDD1A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFD5ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E5CEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#ABB4DD
Analogous#DDBBAB, #CDDDAB
Triadic#ABDDD4, #D4ABDD
Split complementary#ABCDDD, #BBABDD
Tetradic#ABDDBB, #ABB4DD, #DDABCD

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF9F4
Lighter +10%#ECE7CF
Darker −10%#CEC187
Darker −20%#C0AF62
Darker −30%#AA9845
Darker −40%#867736
More saturated +25%#ECDD9C
Less saturated −25%#CECBBA

Channel breakdown

R221
G212
B171
Red221 (86.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue49.2°
Saturation (HSL)42.37%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G D4 · B AB

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