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#DFD99E

#dfd99e ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dfd99e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.1% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.69% magenta, 29.15% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 54.46°, 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 14.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6778

Complementary

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #9ea4df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #9ec5df
  3. #b99edf

Analogous

  1. #dfb99e
  2. #dfd99e
  3. #c5df9e

Triadic

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #9edfd9
  3. #d99edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #a4df9e
  3. #9ea4df
  4. #d99edf

Square

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #9edfb9
  3. #9ea4df
  4. #df9ec5

Monochromatic

  1. #aba139
  2. #ccc264
  3. #dfd99e
  4. #f2f0d8
  5. #faf9f0

Shades

#dfd99e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #c9c38e
  3. #b2ae7e
  4. #9c986f
  5. #86825f
  6. #706d4f
  7. #59573f
  8. #43412f
  9. #2d2b20
  10. #161610
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd99e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #e2dda8
  3. #e5e1b1
  4. #e9e4bb
  5. #ece8c5
  6. #efeccf
  7. #f2f0d8
  8. #f5f4e2
  9. #f9f7ec
  10. #fcfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd99e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd99e
  2. #d6d09b
  3. #ccc798
  4. #c3be95
  5. #b9b592
  6. #b0ad8f
  7. #a6a48c
  8. #9d9b89
  9. #939286
  10. #8a8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dad8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4d59a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d8a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9d1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2d69c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d99f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd99e {
  color: #dfd99e;
}
Background
.bg-dfd99e {
  background-color: #dfd99e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd99e {
  border: 2px solid #dfd99e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd99e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 217 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 50% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd99e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd99e, #c5df9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd99e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 217 158 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.37 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.96 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.95 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.31 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.55 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.83 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.76 #202661 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#dfd99e  rgb(223, 217, 158)  hsl(54, 50%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9ea4df  rgb(158, 164, 223)  hsl(234, 50%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9edfd9  rgb(158, 223, 217)  hsl(174, 50%, 75%)  Pale Turquoise
#d99edf  rgb(217, 158, 223)  hsl(294, 50%, 75%)  Plum