Recognised as Colour

#DFDD00

#DFDD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DFDD00 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 221, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DFDD00#DFDD00

HEX#DFDD00

RGBrgb(223, 221, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8667, 0

RGB percentages87.5%, 86.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(59.5, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 100%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,671,104

CSS custom property--colour: #DFDD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.48:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#2022FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3D929no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#F0CEBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 15.2 Gold · ΔE 16.8 Yellow green · ΔE 28.3 Green yellow · ΔE 34.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.9 Khaki · ΔE 41.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 15.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0002DF

Analogous#DF6D00, #72DF00

Triadic#00DFDD, #DD00DF

Split complementary#0071DF, #6E00DF

Tetradic#00DF6E, #0002DF, #DF0071

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEAC

Lighter +30%#FFFE79

Lighter +20%#FFFD46

Lighter +10%#FFFD13

Darker −10%#ACAA00

Darker −20%#797800

Darker −30%#464500

Darker −40%#131300

More saturated +25%#DFDD00

Less saturated −25%#C3C21C

Channel breakdown

R223

G221

Red223 (87.5%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue59.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DF · G DD · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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