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#DFD79F

#dfd79f ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dfd79f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 84.31% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.59% magenta, 28.7% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 50% saturation and 74.9% 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 14.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.88.

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Relative luminance0.6679

Complementary

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #9fa7df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #9fc7df
  3. #b79fdf

Analogous

  1. #dfb79f
  2. #dfd79f
  3. #c7df9f

Triadic

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #9fdfd7
  3. #d79fdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #a7df9f
  3. #9fa7df
  4. #d79fdf

Square

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #9fdfb7
  3. #9fa7df
  4. #df9fc7

Monochromatic

  1. #ac9d39
  2. #ccbf66
  3. #dfd79f
  4. #f2efd8
  5. #faf9f0

Shades

#dfd79f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #c9c28f
  3. #b2ac7f
  4. #9c976f
  5. #86815f
  6. #706c50
  7. #595640
  8. #434130
  9. #2d2b20
  10. #161610
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd79f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #e2dba9
  3. #e5dfb2
  4. #e9e3bc
  5. #ece7c5
  6. #efebcf
  7. #f2efd9
  8. #f5f3e2
  9. #f9f7ec
  10. #fcfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd79f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd79f
  2. #d6ce9c
  3. #ccc699
  4. #c3bd96
  5. #b9b493
  6. #b0ac90
  7. #a6a38c
  8. #9d9a89
  9. #939186
  10. #8a8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d6c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d39b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4d7a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9cfc8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0d59d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2d7a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d2b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd79f {
  color: #dfd79f;
}
Background
.bg-dfd79f {
  background-color: #dfd79f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd79f {
  border: 2px solid #dfd79f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd79f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 215 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 50% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd79f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd79f, #c7df9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd79f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 215 159 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.88 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.90 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.94 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.85 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.93 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.04 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.07 #202860 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#dfd79f  rgb(223, 215, 159)  hsl(53, 50%, 75%)  Vanilla
#9fa7df  rgb(159, 167, 223)  hsl(233, 50%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fdfd7  rgb(159, 223, 215)  hsl(173, 50%, 75%)  Pale Turquoise
#d79fdf  rgb(215, 159, 223)  hsl(293, 50%, 75%)  Plum