Information about #DDC55A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored sunny yellow, #DDC55A has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Creme De Banane (#E0C161). Slightly further away sit Lanzones (#E0BC5B) and Golden Fleece (#E1BC5F).
The recipe behind #DDC55A is rgb(221, 197, 90), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 12.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DDC55A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#DDC55A color variations
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#DDC55A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#DDC55A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#DDC55A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#DDC55A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#DDC55A color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #DDC55A color
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Nearest named colors to #DDC55A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#E0C161
#E0BC5B
#E1BC5F
#E7C251
#DCC64B
#EBC155
#E0CD67
#E5C768
#D2B960
#E2B45F
#E6B553
#EEC051
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#DDC55A
- RGB221, 197, 90
- CMYK0, 9, 51, 13
- CSSrgb(221, 197, 90)
- HSL49°, 66%, 61%
- HSL Precise49.008°, 65.829%, 60.98%
- HSV49°, 59%, 87%
- HSB49°, 59%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.867
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.353
- GLSLvec3(0.867, 0.773, 0.353)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.867, 0.773, 0.353, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.867, 0.773, 0.353)
- Percentage of Red in RGB86.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.3%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDDDC55A
- DECIMAL ID14533978
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
