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#DFD4AE

#dfd4ae ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#dfd4ae is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.14% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.93% magenta, 21.97% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 46.53°, with 43.36% saturation and 77.84% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6583

Complementary

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #aeb9df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #aed1df
  3. #bbaedf

Analogous

  1. #dfbbae
  2. #dfd4ae
  3. #d1dfae

Triadic

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #aedfd4
  3. #d4aedf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #b9dfae
  3. #aeb9df
  4. #d4aedf

Square

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #aedfbb
  3. #aeb9df
  4. #dfaed1

Monochromatic

  1. #af9745
  2. #c9b777
  3. #dfd4ae
  4. #f5f1e5
  5. #f9f7f0

Shades

#dfd4ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #c9bf9d
  3. #b2aa8b
  4. #9c947a
  5. #867f68
  6. #706a57
  7. #595546
  8. #434034
  9. #2d2a23
  10. #161511
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd4ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #e2d8b6
  3. #e5ddbe
  4. #e9e1c6
  5. #ece5ce
  6. #efead7
  7. #f2eedf
  8. #f5f2e7
  9. #f9f6ef
  10. #fcfbf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd4ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd4ae
  2. #d6cca9
  3. #ccc3a5
  4. #c3bba0
  5. #b9b29c
  6. #b0aa97
  7. #a6a292
  8. #9d998e
  9. #939189
  10. #8a8885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d4c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcd2ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfd6af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7cec9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddd3ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfd5af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4d0bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd4ae {
  color: #dfd4ae;
}
Background
.bg-dfd4ae {
  background-color: #dfd4ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd4ae {
  border: 2px solid #dfd4ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd4ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 212 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 43% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd4ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd4ae, #d1dfae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd4ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 212 174 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.15 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.30 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.02 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.72 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.85 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 6.97 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 7.13 #202b51 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Wheat
#dfd4ae  rgb(223, 212, 174)  hsl(47, 43%, 78%)  Wheat
#aeb9df  rgb(174, 185, 223)  hsl(227, 43%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aedfd4  rgb(174, 223, 212)  hsl(167, 43%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#d4aedf  rgb(212, 174, 223)  hsl(287, 43%, 78%)  Wisteria