Colour

#DDE020

#DDE020
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DDE020 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 224, 32 and HSL 61°, 76%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DDE020#DDE020

HEX#DDE020

RGBrgb(221, 224, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8784, 0.1255

RGB percentages86.7%, 87.8%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(60.9, 75.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.9, 85.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK1.3%, 0%, 85.7%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,540,832

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE020;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.2 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#D1D1D1

Inverted#221FDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DA36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD1BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 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

Yellow · ΔE 16.8 Gold · ΔE 19.3 Yellow green · ΔE 25.1 Green yellow · ΔE 32.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.3 Khaki · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2320E0

Analogous#E08320, #7DE020

Triadic#20DDE0, #E020DD

Split complementary#207DE0, #8320E0

Tetradic#20E083, #2320E0, #E0207D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8F9D3

Lighter +30%#F1F3A6

Lighter +20%#EBEC7A

Lighter +10%#E4E64D

Darker −10%#B2B419

Darker −20%#858713

Darker −30%#595A0D

Darker −40%#2D2E06

More saturated +25%#FBFF01

Less saturated −25%#BEC040

Channel breakdown

R221

G224

B32

Red221 (86.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue60.94°

Saturation (HSL)75.59%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G E0 · B 20

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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