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#DCDE4E

#dcde4e ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcde4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 87.06% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 64.86% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 60.83°, with 68.57% saturation and 58.82% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.6801

Complementary

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #504ede

Split complementary

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #4e94de
  3. #984ede

Analogous

  1. #de984e
  2. #dcde4e
  3. #94de4e

Triadic

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #4edcde
  3. #de4edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #4ede50
  3. #504ede
  4. #de4edc

Square

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #4ede98
  3. #504ede
  4. #de4e94

Monochromatic

  1. #7a7c17
  2. #babc23
  3. #dcde4e
  4. #e9ea8e
  5. #f5f6cf

Shades

#dcde4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #c6c846
  3. #b0b23e
  4. #9a9b37
  5. #84852f
  6. #6e6f27
  7. #58591f
  8. #424317
  9. #2c2c10
  10. #161608
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcde4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #e0e160
  3. #e3e571
  4. #e7e883
  5. #eaeb95
  6. #eeefa7
  7. #f1f2b8
  8. #f5f5ca
  9. #f8f8dc
  10. #fcfced
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcde4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcde4e
  2. #d3d553
  3. #cacb58
  4. #c0c25d
  5. #b7b862
  6. #aeaf67
  7. #a5a66c
  8. #9c9c71
  9. #929376
  10. #89897b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9dab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efd53a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0d958 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebd1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8d943 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8db54 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d6a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcde4e {
  color: #dcde4e;
}
Background
.bg-dcde4e {
  background-color: #dcde4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcde4e {
  border: 2px solid #dcde4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcde4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 222 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcde4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcde4e, #94de4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcde4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 222 78 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.55 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.02 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.22 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.72 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.95 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.76 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.89 #2321b1 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pear
#dcde4e  rgb(220, 222, 78)  hsl(61, 69%, 59%)  Pear
#504ede  rgb(80, 78, 222)  hsl(241, 69%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#4edcde  rgb(78, 220, 222)  hsl(181, 69%, 59%)  Medium Turquoise
#de4edc  rgb(222, 78, 220)  hsl(301, 69%, 59%)  Fuchsia