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Recognised as Colour

#DDDBBE

  • #DDDBBE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DDDBBE is a yellow with RGB values 221, 219, 190 and HSL 56°, 31%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DDDBBE#DDDBBE
HEX#DDDBBE
RGBrgb(221, 219, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8588, 0.7451
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(56.1, 31.3%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 14%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 14%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,710
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDBBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#222441

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1D9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2DABFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#E2D7D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 9.4Antique white · ΔE 9.6Blanched almond · ΔE 9.8Papaya whip · ΔE 9.8Cornsilk · ΔE 10.8Bisque · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEC0DD
Analogous#DDCBBE, #D0DDBE
Triadic#BEDDDB, #DBBEDD
Split complementary#BED0DD, #CBBEDD
Tetradic#BEDDCB, #BEC0DD, #DDBED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFEEDF
Darker −10%#CBC89D
Darker −20%#BAB67B
Darker −30%#A8A35A
Darker −40%#888447
More saturated +25%#E9E6B2
Less saturated −25%#D1D0CA

Channel breakdown

R221
G219
B190
Red221 (86.7%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue56.13°
Saturation (HSL)31.31%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DB · B BE

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