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Recognised as Colour

#DDDAB9

  • #DDDAB9
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#DDDAB9 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 218, 185 and HSL 55°, 35%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#DDDAB9#DDDAB9
HEX#DDDAB9
RGBrgb(221, 218, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8549, 0.7255
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.5%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(55, 34.6%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55, 16.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.4%, 16.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,449
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#222546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0D7B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2D9BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E3D5D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 9.9Blanched almond · ΔE 9.9Beige · ΔE 10.5Papaya whip · ΔE 10.5Bisque · ΔE 10.7Antique white · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9BCDD
Analogous#DDC8B9, #CEDDB9
Triadic#B9DDDA, #DAB9DD
Split complementary#B9CEDD, #C8B9DD
Tetradic#B9DDC8, #B9BCDD, #DDB9CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#EEECDB
Darker −10%#CCC897
Darker −20%#BCB674
Darker −30%#AAA353
Darker −40%#888242
More saturated +25%#EAE5AC
Less saturated −25%#D0CFC6

Channel breakdown

R221
G218
B185
Red221 (86.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue55°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DA · B B9

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