Recognised as Colour

#DDD872

#DDD872
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDD872 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 216, 114 and HSL 57°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#DDD872

RGBrgb(221, 216, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8471, 0.4471

RGB percentages86.7%, 84.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(57.2, 61.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.2, 48.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.3%, 48.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,538,866

CSS custom property--colour: #DDD872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#22278D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7D169no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D677no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EACDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 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 text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21 Navajo white · ΔE 28.2 Moccasin · ΔE 28.9 Burlywood · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7277DD

Analogous#DDA372, #ADDD72

Triadic#72DDD8, #D872DD

Split complementary#72ADDD, #A272DD

Tetradic#72DDA2, #7277DD, #DD72AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFAED

Lighter +20%#F1EFC4

Lighter +10%#E7E39B

Darker −10%#D3CD49

Darker −20%#BCB52D

Darker −30%#938D23

Darker −40%#6A6619

More saturated +25%#F3EC5C

Less saturated −25%#C7C488

Channel breakdown

R221

G216

B114

Red221 (86.7%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue57.2°

Saturation (HSL)61.14%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G D8 · B 72

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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