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Recognised as Colour

#DDD9AE

  • #DDD9AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DDD9AE is a yellow with RGB values 221, 217, 174 and HSL 55°, 41%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDD9AE#DDD9AE
HEX#DDD9AE
RGBrgb(221, 217, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.851, 0.6824
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(54.9, 40.9%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.9, 21.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.8%, 21.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,182
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD9AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#222651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D6ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D8AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E4D3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 8.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.7Moccasin · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.6Bisque · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB2DD
Analogous#DDC1AE, #CADDAE
Triadic#AEDDD9, #D9AEDD
Split complementary#AECADD, #C2AEDD
Tetradic#AEDDC2, #AEB2DD, #DDAECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBF6
Lighter +10%#ECEAD2
Darker −10%#CEC88A
Darker −20%#BFB766
Darker −30%#AAA248
Darker −40%#878038
More saturated +25%#EBE5A0
Less saturated −25%#CFCDBC

Channel breakdown

R221
G217
B174
Red221 (86.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue54.89°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G D9 · B AE

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