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#D9E166

#d9e166 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#d9e166 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 88.24% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 54.67% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 63.9°, with 67.21% saturation and 64.12% 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 14.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.6956

Complementary

  1. #d9e166
  2. #6e66e1

Split complementary

  1. #d9e166
  2. #669ce1
  3. #ac66e1

Analogous

  1. #e1ac66
  2. #d9e166
  3. #9ce166

Triadic

  1. #d9e166
  2. #66d9e1
  3. #e166d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9e166
  2. #66e16e
  3. #6e66e1
  4. #e166d9

Square

  1. #d9e166
  2. #66e1ac
  3. #6e66e1
  4. #e1669c

Monochromatic

  1. #8a911d
  2. #c6d129
  3. #d9e166
  4. #e9eea6
  5. #f9fae6

Shades

#d9e166 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9e166
  2. #c3cb5c
  3. #aeb452
  4. #989e47
  5. #82873d
  6. #6d7133
  7. #575a29
  8. #41441f
  9. #2b2d14
  10. #16170a
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9e166 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9e166
  2. #dde475
  3. #e1e785
  4. #e4ea94
  5. #e8eda3
  6. #ecf0b3
  7. #f0f3c2
  8. #f4f6d1
  9. #f7f9e0
  10. #fbfcf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9e166 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9e166
  2. #d0d769
  3. #c7ce6b
  4. #bec46e
  5. #b5ba70
  6. #adb173
  7. #a4a776
  8. #9b9d78
  9. #92937b
  10. #898a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9dcb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0d859 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0db6d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e6d5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7db5f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7dd6a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e1daa8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9e166 {
  color: #d9e166;
}
Background
.bg-d9e166 {
  background-color: #d9e166;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9e166 {
  border: 2px solid #d9e166;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9e166;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 225 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 67% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9e166 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9e166, #9ce166);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9e166 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 225 102 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 4.78 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.98 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 5.06 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.35 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.93 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 7.18 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 7.59 #261e99 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Pear
#d9e166  rgb(217, 225, 102)  hsl(64, 67%, 64%)  Pear
#6e66e1  rgb(110, 102, 225)  hsl(244, 67%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#66d9e1  rgb(102, 217, 225)  hsl(184, 67%, 64%)  Dark Turquoise
#e166d9  rgb(225, 102, 217)  hsl(304, 67%, 64%)  Orchid