Recognised as Colour

#DDE966

#DDE966
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#DDE966 is a yellow with RGB values 221, 233, 102 and HSL 65°, 75%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDE966#DDE966

HEX#DDE966

RGBrgb(221, 233, 102)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9137, 0.4

RGB percentages86.7%, 91.4%, 40%

HSLhsl(65.5, 74.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.5, 56.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK5.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,543,206

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE966;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.92:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#221699

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DF58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8E26Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EADDCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 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 text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.3 Yellow green · ΔE 21.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7 Gold · ΔE 32.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 33.2 Yellow · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7266E9

Analogous#E9B466, #9BE966

Triadic#66DDE9, #E966DD

Split complementary#669BE9, #B466E9

Tetradic#66E9B4, #7266E9, #E9669B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFCEC

Lighter +20%#F1F6BF

Lighter +10%#E7EF93

Darker −10%#D3E339

Darker −20%#BCCC1D

Darker −30%#939F17

Darker −40%#6A7310

More saturated +25%#EFFF50

Less saturated −25%#CBD37C

Channel breakdown

R221

G233

B102

Red221 (86.7%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue102 (40%)

Hue65.5°

Saturation (HSL)74.86%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G E9 · B 66

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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