What color is #DDAA11?

#DDAA11 is a vivid orange known as Honeycomb. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Honeycomb?

The RGB value is 221, 170, 17: 221 red, 170 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Honeycomb?

The complementary color is #1144DD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #DDAA11?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.83:1 and white text 2.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Honeycomb color: hex code #DDAA11

#DDAA11 rgb(221, 170, 17)

Shades of yellow

Honeycomb has the hex code #DDAA11. It is a vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 86.7% red, 66.7% green and 6.7% blue (221, 170, 17).

Its hue angle is 45°, with 86% saturation and 47% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 92% yellow and 13% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.83:1).

Honeycomb (#DDAA11) color codes

HEX	`#DDAA11`
RGB	`rgb(221, 170, 17)`
RGB percent	`rgb(86.7%, 66.7%, 6.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(45, 86%, 47%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(45, 92%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 23%, 92%, 13%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(72.34, 6.89, 73.26)`
CIE LCH	`lch(72.34, 73.59, 84.63)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.298, 44.165, 6.722)`
Decimal	`14526993`
Short hex	`#DA1`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Honeycomb, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #DDAA11	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.83:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#DDAA11 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.83:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #DDAA11 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ddaa11; }
.text { color: #ddaa11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddaa11; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(221 170 17 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ddaa11, #aadd11); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #DDAA11 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #DDAA11?: #DDAA11 is a vivid orange known as Honeycomb. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Honeycomb?: The RGB value is 221, 170, 17: 221 red, 170 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Honeycomb?: The complementary color is #1144DD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #DDAA11?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.83:1 and white text 2.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.