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Recognised as Colour

#DDDC97

  • #DDDC97
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DDDC97 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 220, 151 and HSL 59°, 51%, 73%. 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

#DDDC97#DDDC97
HEX#DDDC97
RGBrgb(221, 220, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8627, 0.5922
RGB percentages86.7%, 86.3%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(59.1, 50.7%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 31.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 0.5%, 31.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,927
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDC97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#222368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7D792no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9DA9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#E7D4CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 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 text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.3Khaki · ΔE 11.6Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1Wheat · ΔE 15.7Moccasin · ΔE 15.7Navajo white · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9798DD
Analogous#DDB997, #BBDD97
Triadic#97DDDC, #DC97DD
Split complementary#97BBDD, #B997DD
Tetradic#97DDB9, #9798DD, #DD97BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F6E4
Lighter +10%#EAE9BD
Darker −10%#D0CF71
Darker −20%#C4C24A
Darker −30%#A5A336
Darker −40%#7F7D29
More saturated +25%#EEED86
Less saturated −25%#CCCBA8

Channel breakdown

R221
G220
B151
Red221 (86.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue59.14°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G DC · B 97

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