Recognised as Colour

#DDE156

#DDE156
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#DDE156 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 225, 86 and HSL 62°, 70%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#DDE156#DDE156

HEX#DDE156

RGBrgb(221, 225, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8824, 0.3373

RGB percentages86.7%, 88.2%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(61.7, 69.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 61.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK1.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,541,142

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE156;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#221EA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DC5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EBD4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 22 Khaki · ΔE 22.7 Gold · ΔE 27.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.9 Yellow · ΔE 31 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 22.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A56E1

Analogous#E19F56, #98E156

Triadic#56DDE1, #E156DD

Split complementary#5698E1, #9F56E1

Tetradic#56E19F, #5A56E1, #E15698

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F8D8

Lighter +20%#EEF0AD

Lighter +10%#E6E981

Darker −10%#D4D92B

Darker −20%#ADB120

Darker −30%#838618

Darker −40%#595B10

More saturated +25%#F4FA3D

Less saturated −25%#C6C86F

Channel breakdown

R221

G225

B86

Red221 (86.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue61.73°

Saturation (HSL)69.85%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G E1 · B 56

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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