Recognised as Colour

#DDDB8A

#DDDB8A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDDB8A is a yellow with RGB values 221, 219, 138 and HSL 59°, 55%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDDB8A#DDDB8A

HEX#DDDB8A

RGBrgb(221, 219, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8588, 0.5412

RGB percentages86.7%, 85.9%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(58.6, 55%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.6, 37.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 37.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,539,658

CSS custom property--colour: #DDDB8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#222475

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D584no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D98Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E8D1C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 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 text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8 Navajo white · ΔE 20 Moccasin · ΔE 20.1 Wheat · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A8CDD

Analogous#DDB18A, #B6DD8A

Triadic#8ADDDB, #DB8ADD

Split complementary#8AB5DD, #B28ADD

Tetradic#8ADDB1, #8A8CDD, #DD8AB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F3D9

Lighter +10%#E8E7B2

Darker −10%#D2CF62

Darker −20%#C6C33B

Darker −30%#A09D2E

Darker −40%#787623

More saturated +25%#F0ED77

Less saturated −25%#CAC99D

Channel breakdown

R221

G219

B138

Red221 (86.7%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue58.55°

Saturation (HSL)54.97%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G DB · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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