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#DFD49E

#dfd49e ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dfd49e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.14% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.93% magenta, 29.15% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 49.85°, with 50.39% saturation and 74.71% 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 14.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6524

Complementary

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #9ea9df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #9ecadf
  3. #b49edf

Analogous

  1. #dfb49e
  2. #dfd49e
  3. #cadf9e

Triadic

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #9edfd4
  3. #d49edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #a9df9e
  3. #9ea9df
  4. #d49edf

Square

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #9edfb4
  3. #9ea9df
  4. #df9eca

Monochromatic

  1. #ab9839
  2. #ccbb64
  3. #dfd49e
  4. #f2eed8
  5. #faf8f0

Shades

#dfd49e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #c9bf8e
  3. #b2aa7e
  4. #9c946f
  5. #867f5f
  6. #706a4f
  7. #59553f
  8. #43402f
  9. #2d2a20
  10. #161510
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd49e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #e2d8a8
  3. #e5ddb1
  4. #e9e1bb
  5. #ece5c5
  6. #efeacf
  7. #f2eed8
  8. #f5f2e2
  9. #f9f6ec
  10. #fcfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd49e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd49e
  2. #d6cc9b
  3. #ccc398
  4. #c3bb95
  5. #b9b292
  6. #b0aa8f
  7. #a6a28c
  8. #9d9989
  9. #939186
  10. #8a8883
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d3c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfd19a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2d5a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9ccc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfd29c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1d59f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5cfb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd49e {
  color: #dfd49e;
}
Background
.bg-dfd49e {
  background-color: #dfd49e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd49e {
  border: 2px solid #dfd49e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd49e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 212 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 50% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd49e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd49e, #cadf9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd49e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 212 158 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.09 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.79 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.27 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.33 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.04 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.07 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.19 #202b61 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#dfd49e  rgb(223, 212, 158)  hsl(50, 50%, 75%)  Vanilla
#9ea9df  rgb(158, 169, 223)  hsl(230, 50%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9edfd4  rgb(158, 223, 212)  hsl(170, 50%, 75%)  Pale Turquoise
#d49edf  rgb(212, 158, 223)  hsl(290, 50%, 75%)  Plum