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#DFD6AE

#dfd6ae ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#dfd6ae is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.92% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.04% magenta, 21.97% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 48.98°, 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 14.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 5.48.

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Relative luminance0.6684

Complementary

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #aeb7df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #aecfdf
  3. #bdaedf

Analogous

  1. #dfbdae
  2. #dfd6ae
  3. #cfdfae

Triadic

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #aedfd6
  3. #d6aedf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #b7dfae
  3. #aeb7df
  4. #d6aedf

Square

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #aedfbd
  3. #aeb7df
  4. #dfaecf

Monochromatic

  1. #af9b45
  2. #c9ba77
  3. #dfd6ae
  4. #f5f2e5
  5. #f9f8f0

Shades

#dfd6ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #c9c19d
  3. #b2ab8b
  4. #9c967a
  5. #868068
  6. #706b57
  7. #595646
  8. #434034
  9. #2d2b23
  10. #161511
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd6ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #e2dab6
  3. #e5debe
  4. #e9e2c6
  5. #ece6ce
  6. #efebd7
  7. #f2efdf
  8. #f5f3e7
  9. #f9f7ef
  10. #fcfbf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd6ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd6ae
  2. #d6cda9
  3. #ccc5a5
  4. #c3bca0
  5. #b9b49c
  6. #b0ab97
  7. #a6a292
  8. #9d9a8e
  9. #939189
  10. #8a8985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d6c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ded4ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1d7af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7d0cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfd5ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0d7af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4d2c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd6ae {
  color: #dfd6ae;
}
Background
.bg-dfd6ae {
  background-color: #dfd6ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd6ae {
  border: 2px solid #dfd6ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd6ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 214 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 43% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd6ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd6ae, #cfdfae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd6ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 214 174 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.48 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.66 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.80 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.11 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.36 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.10 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 7.33 #202951 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#dfd6ae  rgb(223, 214, 174)  hsl(49, 43%, 78%)  Vanilla
#aeb7df  rgb(174, 183, 223)  hsl(229, 43%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aedfd6  rgb(174, 223, 214)  hsl(169, 43%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#d6aedf  rgb(214, 174, 223)  hsl(289, 43%, 78%)  Wisteria