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Recognised as Colour

#DDED99

  • #DDED99
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#DDED99 is a green with RGB values 221, 237, 153 and HSL 71°, 70%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#DDED99#DDED99
HEX#DDED99
RGBrgb(221, 237, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9294, 0.6
RGB percentages86.7%, 92.9%, 60%
HSLhsl(71.4, 70%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(71.4, 35.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK6.8%, 0%, 35.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,544,281
CSS custom property--colour: #DDED99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.65:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#221266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8E593no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6E59Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#E5E4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.6Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 22.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 23.9Moccasin · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A999ED
Analogous#EDD399, #B3ED99
Triadic#99DDED, #ED99DD
Split complementary#99B3ED, #D399ED
Tetradic#99EDD3, #A999ED, #ED99B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFCF0
Lighter +10%#EBF5C4
Darker −10%#CFE56E
Darker −20%#C0DE42
Darker −30%#AAC924
Darker −40%#859E1C
More saturated +25%#E6FC8A
Less saturated −25%#D4DEA8

Channel breakdown

R221
G237
B153
Red221 (86.7%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue71.43°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G ED · B 99

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