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Recognised as Colour

#DDDA98

  • #DDDA98
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DDDA98 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 218, 152 and HSL 57°, 50%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDDA98#DDDA98
HEX#DDDA98
RGBrgb(221, 218, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8549, 0.5961
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.5%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(57.4, 50.4%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.4, 31.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 31.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,416
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDA98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#222567

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5D593no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D89Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E7D2C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 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 text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.8Khaki · ΔE 12.8Dark khaki · ΔE 14Wheat · ΔE 14.2Moccasin · ΔE 14.4Navajo white · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#989BDD
Analogous#DDB898, #BEDD98
Triadic#98DDDA, #DA98DD
Split complementary#98BEDD, #B798DD
Tetradic#98DDB8, #989BDD, #DD98BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F6E5
Lighter +10%#EAE8BE
Darker −10%#D0CC72
Darker −20%#C4BE4B
Darker −30%#A5A137
Darker −40%#7F7B2A
More saturated +25%#EEEA87
Less saturated −25%#CCCAA9

Channel breakdown

R221
G218
B152
Red221 (86.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue57.39°
Saturation (HSL)50.36%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DA · B 98

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