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Recognised as Colour

#DDD55E

  • #DDD55E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DDD55E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 213, 94 and HSL 56°, 65%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDD55E#DDD55E
HEX#DDD55E
RGBrgb(221, 213, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8353, 0.3686
RGB percentages86.7%, 83.5%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(56.2, 65.1%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.2, 57.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 57.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,538,078
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD55E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#222AA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6CE51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D464no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ECC8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.3Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1Goldenrod · ΔE 26.5Yellow green · ΔE 28.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.9Gold · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E66DD
Analogous#DD965E, #A5DD5E
Triadic#5EDDD5, #D55EDD
Split complementary#5EA6DD, #955EDD
Tetradic#5EDD96, #5E66DD, #DD5EA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6DC
Lighter +20%#EFEBB2
Lighter +10%#E6E088
Darker −10%#D4CA34
Darker −20%#B0A725
Darker −30%#867F1C
Darker −40%#5C5713
More saturated +25%#F5EA46
Less saturated −25%#C5C076

Channel breakdown

R221
G213
B94
Red221 (86.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue56.22°
Saturation (HSL)65.13%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G D5 · B 5E

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