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Recognised as Colour

#DDDBAA

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

#DDDBAA is a yellow with RGB values 221, 219, 170 and HSL 58°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDDBAA#DDDBAA
HEX#DDDBAA
RGBrgb(221, 219, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8588, 0.6667
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(57.6, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 23.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,690
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDBAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#222455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4D7A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5DAACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E5D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 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 text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8Wheat · ΔE 9.1Moccasin · ΔE 11.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.1Navajo white · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAACDD
Analogous#DDC1AA, #C5DDAA
Triadic#AADDDB, #DBAADD
Split complementary#AAC5DD, #C1AADD
Tetradic#AADDC1, #AAACDD, #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%#CECC86
Darker −20%#C0BC61
Darker −30%#AAA644
Darker −40%#868235
More saturated +25%#ECE99B
Less saturated −25%#CECDB9

Channel breakdown

R221
G219
B170
Red221 (86.7%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue57.65°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DB · B AA

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