Recognised as Colour

#DDE426

#DDE426
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DDE426 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 228, 38 and HSL 62°, 78%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DDE426#DDE426

HEX#DDE426

RGBrgb(221, 228, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8941, 0.149

RGB percentages86.7%, 89.4%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(62.2, 77.9%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.2, 83.3%, 89.4%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 83.3%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,541,862

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE426;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.2:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#221BD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DD3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD5C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 16.4 Gold · ΔE 21.1 Yellow green · ΔE 24.2 Green yellow · ΔE 30.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.1 Khaki · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D26E4

Analogous#E48C26, #7EE426

Triadic#26DDE4, #E426DD

Split complementary#267EE4, #8C26E4

Tetradic#26E48C, #2D26E4, #E4267E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FBDB

Lighter +30%#F2F5AE

Lighter +20%#EBEF81

Lighter +10%#E4EA53

Darker −10%#B9BF18

Darker −20%#8D9212

Darker −30%#61640D

Darker −40%#353707

More saturated +25%#F6FF0B

Less saturated −25%#C1C644

Channel breakdown

R221

G228

B38

Red221 (86.7%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue62.21°

Saturation (HSL)77.87%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G E4 · B 26

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