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#D9CC81

#d9cc81 ≈ Flax

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#d9cc81 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 80% green and 50.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.99% magenta, 40.55% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 51.14°, with 53.66% saturation and 67.84% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flax (#eedc82), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5952

Complementary

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #818ed9

Split complementary

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #81bad9
  3. #a081d9

Analogous

  1. #d9a081
  2. #d9cc81
  3. #bad981

Triadic

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #81d9cc
  3. #cc81d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #8ed981
  3. #818ed9
  4. #cc81d9

Square

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #81d9a0
  3. #818ed9
  4. #d981ba

Monochromatic

  1. #94852d
  2. #c7b446
  3. #d9cc81
  4. #ebe4bc
  5. #faf9ef

Shades

#d9cc81 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #c3b874
  3. #aea367
  4. #988f5a
  5. #827a4d
  6. #6d6641
  7. #575234
  8. #413d27
  9. #2b291a
  10. #16140d
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9cc81 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #ddd18e
  3. #e1d69a
  4. #e4dba7
  5. #e8e0b3
  6. #ece6c0
  7. #f0ebcd
  8. #f4f0d9
  9. #f7f5e6
  10. #fbfaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9cc81 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9cc81
  2. #d0c481
  3. #c7bd81
  4. #beb581
  5. #b5ae81
  6. #ada681
  7. #a49e80
  8. #9b9780
  9. #928f80
  10. #898880
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1cbb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c87b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddcd84 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e5c2b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9c97e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dccd83 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e0c6a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9cc81 {
  color: #d9cc81;
}
Background
.bg-d9cc81 {
  background-color: #d9cc81;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9cc81 {
  border: 2px solid #d9cc81;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9cc81;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 204 129;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 54% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9cc81 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9cc81, #bad981);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9cc81 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 204 129 / 0.35);
}

#eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.69 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.93 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.48 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.12 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.24 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.54 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.00 #26337e Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Flax
#d9cc81  rgb(217, 204, 129)  hsl(51, 54%, 68%)  Flax
#818ed9  rgb(129, 142, 217)  hsl(231, 54%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#81d9cc  rgb(129, 217, 204)  hsl(171, 54%, 68%)  Turquoise
#cc81d9  rgb(204, 129, 217)  hsl(291, 54%, 68%)  Orchid