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Recognised as Colour

#DDE02E

  • #DDE02E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#DDE02E is a yellow with RGB values 221, 224, 46 and HSL 61°, 74%, 53%. 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

#DDE02E#DDE02E
HEX#DDE02E
RGBrgb(221, 224, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8784, 0.1804
RGB percentages86.7%, 87.8%, 18%
HSLhsl(61, 74.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61, 79.5%, 87.8%)
CMYK1.3%, 0%, 79.5%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,540,846
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE02E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#221FD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4DB3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#EDD2C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 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 text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 19.3Gold · ΔE 20.1Yellow green · ΔE 23.7Green yellow · ΔE 33.1Goldenrod · ΔE 33.9Khaki · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#312EE0
Analogous#E08A2E, #84E02E
Triadic#2EDDE0, #E02EDD
Split complementary#2E84E0, #8A2EE0
Tetradic#2EE08A, #312EE0, #E02E84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFAE0
Lighter +30%#F3F4B3
Lighter +20%#EBED87
Lighter +10%#E4E75A
Darker −10%#BCBF1C
Darker −20%#909216
Darker −30%#64660F
Darker −40%#393909
More saturated +25%#FAFE10
Less saturated −25%#C0C24C

Channel breakdown

R221
G224
B46
Red221 (86.7%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue61.01°
Saturation (HSL)74.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G E0 · B 2E

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