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#D9CA9D

#d9ca9d ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#d9ca9d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 79.22% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.91% magenta, 27.65% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 44.12% saturation and 73.33% 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 12.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 5.94.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5943

Complementary

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #9dacd9

Split complementary

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #9dcad9
  3. #ac9dd9

Analogous

  1. #d9ac9d
  2. #d9ca9d
  3. #cad99d

Triadic

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #9dd9ca
  3. #ca9dd9

Tetradic

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #acd99d
  3. #9dacd9
  4. #ca9dd9

Square

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #9dd9ac
  3. #9dacd9
  4. #d99dca

Monochromatic

  1. #9f873e
  2. #c4ac66
  3. #d9ca9d
  4. #eee8d4
  5. #f9f7f0

Shades

#d9ca9d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #c3b68d
  3. #aea27e
  4. #988d6e
  5. #82795e
  6. #6d654f
  7. #57513f
  8. #413d2f
  9. #2b281f
  10. #161410
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9ca9d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #ddcfa7
  3. #e1d5b1
  4. #e4daba
  5. #e8dfc4
  6. #ece5ce
  7. #f0ead8
  8. #f4efe2
  9. #f7f4eb
  10. #fbfaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9ca9d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9ca9d
  2. #d0c39a
  3. #c7bb97
  4. #beb494
  5. #b5ac91
  6. #ada58f
  7. #a49e8c
  8. #9b9689
  9. #928f86
  10. #898783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0caba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c89a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8cd9e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3c3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6c99b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8cc9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dfc6b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9ca9d {
  color: #d9ca9d;
}
Background
.bg-d9ca9d {
  background-color: #d9ca9d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9ca9d {
  border: 2px solid #d9ca9d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9ca9d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 202 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 44% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9ca9d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9ca9d, #cad99d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9ca9d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 202 157 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.94 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.40 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.60 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.72 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.54 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 7.64 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 7.79 #263562 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Wheat
#d9ca9d  rgb(217, 202, 157)  hsl(45, 44%, 73%)  Wheat
#9dacd9  rgb(157, 172, 217)  hsl(225, 44%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9dd9ca  rgb(157, 217, 202)  hsl(165, 44%, 73%)  Seafoam Green
#ca9dd9  rgb(202, 157, 217)  hsl(285, 44%, 73%)  Wisteria