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#D8D9B4

#d8d9b4 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#d8d9b4 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 85.1% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.46% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.05% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 61.62°, with 32.74% 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 14.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 7.09.

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Relative luminance0.6752

Complementary

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #b5b4d9

Split complementary

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #b4c5d9
  3. #c7b4d9

Analogous

  1. #d9c7b4
  2. #d8d9b4
  3. #c5d9b4

Triadic

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #b4d8d9
  3. #d9b4d8

Tetradic

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #b4d9b5
  3. #b5b4d9
  4. #d9b4d8

Square

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #b4d9c7
  3. #b5b4d9
  4. #d9b4c5

Monochromatic

  1. #a0a252
  2. #bebf81
  3. #d8d9b4
  4. #f2f3e7
  5. #f8f8f1

Shades

#d8d9b4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #c2c3a2
  3. #adae90
  4. #97987e
  5. #82826c
  6. #6c6d5a
  7. #565748
  8. #414136
  9. #2b2b24
  10. #161612
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8d9b4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #dcddbc
  3. #e0e1c3
  4. #e4e4cb
  5. #e8e8d2
  6. #ececda
  7. #eff0e1
  8. #f3f4e9
  9. #f7f7f0
  10. #fbfbf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8d9b4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8d9b4
  2. #cfd0af
  3. #c6c7aa
  4. #bebea4
  5. #b5b59f
  6. #acad9a
  7. #a3a495
  8. #9a9b90
  9. #92928a
  10. #898985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7d7ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfd6b2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0d7b5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ded4cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddd7b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddd8b5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dbd6c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8d9b4 {
  color: #d8d9b4;
}
Background
.bg-d8d9b4 {
  background-color: #d8d9b4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8d9b4 {
  border: 2px solid #d8d9b4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8d9b4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 217 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 33% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8d9b4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8d9b4, #c5d9b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8d9b4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 217 180 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 7.09 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 7.19 #faf0be Blond ΔE 7.22 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 7.25 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 7.45 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.54 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 7.80 #27264b Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#d8d9b4  rgb(216, 217, 180)  hsl(62, 33%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#b5b4d9  rgb(181, 180, 217)  hsl(242, 33%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#b4d8d9  rgb(180, 216, 217)  hsl(182, 33%, 78%)  Powder Blue
#d9b4d8  rgb(217, 180, 216)  hsl(302, 33%, 78%)  Thistle