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Recognised as Colour

#DDDAAA

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

#DDDAAA is a yellow with RGB values 221, 218, 170 and HSL 56°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDDAAA#DDDAAA
HEX#DDDAAA
RGBrgb(221, 218, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8549, 0.6667
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(56.5, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 23.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,434
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDAAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#222555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D6A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4D9ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E5D4CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.5Wheat · ΔE 8.7Moccasin · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.2Navajo white · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAADDD
Analogous#DDC0AA, #C7DDAA
Triadic#AADDDA, #DAAADD
Split complementary#AAC6DD, #C1AADD
Tetradic#AADDC0, #AAADDD, #DDAAC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFAF3
Lighter +10%#ECEACE
Darker −10%#CECA86
Darker −20%#C0BA61
Darker −30%#AAA444
Darker −40%#868135
More saturated +25%#ECE79B
Less saturated −25%#CECDB9

Channel breakdown

R221
G218
B170
Red221 (86.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue56.47°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DA · B AA

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