Recognised as Colour

#DDED4A

#DDED4A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#DDED4A is a yellow with RGB values 221, 237, 74 and HSL 66°, 82%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#DDED4A#DDED4A

HEX#DDED4A

RGBrgb(221, 237, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9294, 0.2902

RGB percentages86.7%, 92.9%, 29%

HSLhsl(65.9, 81.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.9, 68.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK6.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,544,202

CSS custom property--colour: #DDED4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.29:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#2212B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE12Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE456no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EBE0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 19.8 Yellow · ΔE 22.8 Gold · ΔE 27.2 Green yellow · ΔE 28.8 Khaki · ΔE 32.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 19.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A4AED

Analogous#EDAC4A, #8CED4A

Triadic#4ADDED, #ED4ADD

Split complementary#4A8CED, #AC4AED

Tetradic#4AEDAC, #5A4AED, #ED4A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7FBD5

Lighter +20%#EEF6A7

Lighter +10%#E6F278

Darker −10%#D4E81C

Darker −20%#ADBE13

Darker −30%#83900E

Darker −40%#59610A

More saturated +25%#EBFF38

Less saturated −25%#C9D463

Channel breakdown

R221

G237

B74

Red221 (86.7%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue65.89°

Saturation (HSL)81.91%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DD · G ED · B 4A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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