Colour

#DDD791

#DDD791
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DDD791 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 215, 145 and HSL 55°, 53%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#DDD791

RGBrgb(221, 215, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8431, 0.5686

RGB percentages86.7%, 84.3%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(55.3, 52.8%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 34.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 34.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,538,641

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD791;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#22286E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D28Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5D694no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E8CEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6 Khaki · ΔE 11 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.5 Moccasin · ΔE 15.5 Wheat · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9197DD

Analogous#DDB191, #BDDD91

Triadic#91DDD7, #D791DD

Split complementary#91BDDD, #B191DD

Tetradic#91DDB1, #9197DD, #DD91BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F3DF

Lighter +10%#E9E5B8

Darker −10%#D1C96A

Darker −20%#C5BB43

Darker −30%#A39A32

Darker −40%#7C7526

More saturated +25%#EFE67F

Less saturated −25%#CBC8A3

Channel breakdown

R221

G215

B145

Red221 (86.7%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue55.26°

Saturation (HSL)52.78%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D7 · B 91

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Colour values

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