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Recognised as Colour

#DFDD99

  • #DFDD99
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#DFDD99 is a yellow with RGB values 223, 221, 153 and HSL 58°, 52%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#DFDD99#DFDD99
HEX#DFDD99
RGBrgb(223, 221, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8667, 0.6
RGB percentages87.5%, 86.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(58.3, 52.2%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 31.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 31.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,257
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#202266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D894no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#EADB9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E9D5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.6Khaki · ΔE 11.8Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6Moccasin · ΔE 14.9Wheat · ΔE 15Navajo white · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#999BDF
Analogous#DFBA99, #BEDF99
Triadic#99DFDD, #DD99DF
Split complementary#99BEDF, #BA99DF
Tetradic#99DFBA, #999BDF, #DF99BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F7E7
Lighter +10%#EBEAC0
Darker −10%#D3D072
Darker −20%#C7C34B
Darker −30%#AAA635
Darker −40%#838029
More saturated +25%#F0ED88
Less saturated −25%#CECDAA

Channel breakdown

R223
G221
B153
Red223 (87.5%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue58.29°
Saturation (HSL)52.24%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DF · G DD · B 99

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