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Recognised as Colour

#DDE5AF

  • #DDE5AF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DDE5AF is a yellow with RGB values 221, 229, 175 and HSL 69°, 51%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DDE5AF#DDE5AF
HEX#DDE5AF
RGBrgb(221, 229, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.898, 0.6863
RGB percentages86.7%, 89.8%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(68.9, 50.9%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.9, 23.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK3.5%, 0%, 23.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,542,255
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE5AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#221A50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDDFACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECE1B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E3DFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.5Wheat · ΔE 13.1Moccasin · ΔE 14.2Light yellow · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7AFE5
Analogous#E5D2AF, #C2E5AF
Triadic#AFDDE5, #E5AFDD
Split complementary#AFC2E5, #D2AFE5
Tetradic#AFE5D2, #B7AFE5, #E5AFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFC
Lighter +10%#EDF2D5
Darker −10%#CDD889
Darker −20%#BCCC62
Darker −30%#AABD3E
Darker −40%#889731
More saturated +25%#E6F2A2
Less saturated −25%#D4D8BC

Channel breakdown

R221
G229
B175
Red221 (86.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue68.89°
Saturation (HSL)50.94%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G E5 · B AF

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