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#DEC87F

#dec87f ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dec87f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.43% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.91% magenta, 42.79% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 46.11°, with 59.01% saturation and 68.43% 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 12.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 5.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5837

Complementary

  1. #dec87f
  2. #7f95de

Split complementary

  1. #dec87f
  2. #7fc4de
  3. #997fde

Analogous

  1. #de997f
  2. #dec87f
  3. #c4de7f

Triadic

  1. #dec87f
  2. #7fdec8
  3. #c87fde

Tetradic

  1. #dec87f
  2. #95de7f
  3. #7f95de
  4. #c87fde

Square

  1. #dec87f
  2. #7fde99
  3. #7f95de
  4. #de7fc4

Monochromatic

  1. #9c8128
  2. #ceae42
  3. #dec87f
  4. #eee2bc
  5. #fbf8ef

Shades

#dec87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec87f
  2. #c8b472
  3. #b2a066
  4. #9b8c59
  5. #85784c
  6. #6f6440
  7. #595033
  8. #433c26
  9. #2c2819
  10. #16140d
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec87f
  2. #e1ce8c
  3. #e5d399
  4. #e8d9a5
  5. #ebdeb2
  6. #efe4bf
  7. #f2e9cc
  8. #f5efd9
  9. #f8f4e5
  10. #fcfaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec87f
  2. #d5c17f
  3. #cbba7f
  4. #c2b27f
  5. #b8ab7f
  6. #afa480
  7. #a69d80
  8. #9c9680
  9. #938e80
  10. #898780
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c9b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c579 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dccc82 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecbdb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac67c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddca81 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6c2a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec87f {
  color: #dec87f;
}
Background
.bg-dec87f {
  background-color: #dec87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec87f {
  border: 2px solid #dec87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 200 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 59% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec87f, #c4de7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 200 127 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.33 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.40 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.77 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.96 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.13 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.44 #213780 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Buff
#dec87f  rgb(222, 200, 127)  hsl(46, 59%, 68%)  Buff
#7f95de  rgb(127, 149, 222)  hsl(226, 59%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#7fdec8  rgb(127, 222, 200)  hsl(166, 59%, 68%)  Turquoise
#c87fde  rgb(200, 127, 222)  hsl(286, 59%, 68%)  Floral Lavender