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Recognised as Colour

#DDD5BC

  • #DDD5BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Antique white

#DDD5BC is a yellow with RGB values 221, 213, 188 and HSL 45°, 33%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Antique white.

Colour values

#DDD5BC#DDD5BC
HEX#DDD5BC
RGBrgb(221, 213, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8353, 0.7373
RGB percentages86.7%, 83.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(45.5, 32.7%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.5, 14.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 14.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,538,172
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD5BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.32:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#222A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#DBD4BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDD6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourAntique white (#FAEBD7)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#BCC4DD
Analogous#DDC5BC, #D5DDBC
Triadic#BCDDD5, #D5BCDD
Split complementary#BCD4DD, #C5BCDD
Tetradic#BCDDC5, #BCC4DD, #DDBCD4

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEEADE
Darker −10%#CCC09A
Darker −20%#BBAB78
Darker −30%#A99557
Darker −40%#887845
More saturated +25%#EADCAF
Less saturated −25%#D0CEC9

Channel breakdown

R221
G213
B188
Red221 (86.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue45.45°
Saturation (HSL)32.67%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G D5 · B BC

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