Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DDDDBD

  • #DDDDBD
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DDDDBD is a yellow with RGB values 221, 221, 189 and HSL 60°, 32%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DDDDBD#DDDDBD
HEX#DDDDBD
RGBrgb(221, 221, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8667, 0.7412
RGB percentages86.7%, 86.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(60, 32%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 14.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 14.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,540,221
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDDBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#222242

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3DABBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3DCBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E2D9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 9.4Blanched almond · ΔE 10Papaya whip · ΔE 10.2Antique white · ΔE 10.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.7Cornsilk · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBDDD
Analogous#DDCDBD, #CDDDBD
Triadic#BDDDDD, #DDBDDD
Split complementary#BDCDDD, #CDBDDD
Tetradic#BDDDCD, #BDBDDD, #DDBDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEEEDF
Darker −10%#CCCC9B
Darker −20%#BABA7A
Darker −30%#A9A958
Darker −40%#888846
More saturated +25%#EAEAB1
Less saturated −25%#D1D1CA

Channel breakdown

R221
G221
B189
Red221 (86.7%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)32%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR DD · G DD · B BD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ddddbd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.