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#DFDCA3

#dfdca3 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#dfdca3 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 86.27% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.35% magenta, 26.91% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 48.39% saturation and 75.69% 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 14.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.6952

Complementary

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #a3a6df

Split complementary

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #a3c4df
  3. #bea3df

Analogous

  1. #dfbea3
  2. #dfdca3
  3. #c4dfa3

Triadic

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #a3dfdc
  3. #dca3df

Tetradic

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #a6dfa3
  3. #a3a6df
  4. #dca3df

Square

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #a3dfbe
  3. #a3a6df
  4. #dfa3c4

Monochromatic

  1. #ada73c
  2. #cbc66a
  3. #dfdca3
  4. #f3f2dc
  5. #faf9f0

Shades

#dfdca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #c9c693
  3. #b2b082
  4. #9c9a72
  5. #868462
  6. #706e52
  7. #595841
  8. #434231
  9. #2d2c21
  10. #161610
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfdca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #e2e0ac
  3. #e5e3b5
  4. #e9e7bf
  5. #eceac8
  6. #efeed1
  7. #f2f1da
  8. #f5f5e3
  9. #f9f8ed
  10. #fcfcf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfdca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfdca3
  2. #d6d3a0
  3. #ccca9c
  4. #c3c099
  5. #b9b795
  6. #b0ae92
  7. #a6a58e
  8. #9d9c8b
  9. #939287
  10. #8a8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcdac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d89f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8dba5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8d5cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3d9a1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4dba4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4d8be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfdca3 {
  color: #dfdca3;
}
Background
.bg-dfdca3 {
  background-color: #dfdca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfdca3 {
  border: 2px solid #dfdca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfdca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 220 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 48% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfdca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfdca3, #c4dfa3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfdca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 220 163 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.05 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.22 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.58 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.73 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.38 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 7.38 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.68 #20235c Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#dfdca3  rgb(223, 220, 163)  hsl(57, 48%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a3a6df  rgb(163, 166, 223)  hsl(237, 48%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a3dfdc  rgb(163, 223, 220)  hsl(177, 48%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#dca3df  rgb(220, 163, 223)  hsl(297, 48%, 76%)  Plum