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Recognised as Colour

#DDDEAD

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

#DDDEAD is a yellow with RGB values 221, 222, 173 and HSL 61°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDDEAD#DDDEAD
HEX#DDDEAD
RGBrgb(221, 222, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8706, 0.6784
RGB percentages86.7%, 87.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(61.2, 42.6%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.2, 22.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK0.5%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,540,461
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#222152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6DAAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7DCAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#E4D8D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 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 text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8Wheat · ΔE 9.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.3Moccasin · ΔE 11.8Navajo white · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 8, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEADDE
Analogous#DEC7AD, #C5DEAD
Triadic#ADDDDE, #DEADDD
Split complementary#ADC5DE, #C6ADDE
Tetradic#ADDEC7, #AEADDE, #DEADC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBF6
Lighter +10%#ECEDD1
Darker −10%#CECF89
Darker −20%#BFC164
Darker −30%#AAAD45
Darker −40%#878837
More saturated +25%#EBEC9F
Less saturated −25%#CFD0BB

Channel breakdown

R221
G222
B173
Red221 (86.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue61.22°
Saturation (HSL)42.61%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G DE · B AD

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