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#DAE408

#dae408 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dae408 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 89.41% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 96.49% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 62.73°, with 93.22% saturation and 46.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 2.66.

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Relative luminance0.7041

Complementary

  1. #dae408
  2. #1208e4

Split complementary

  1. #dae408
  2. #086ce4
  3. #8008e4

Analogous

  1. #e48008
  2. #dae408
  3. #6ce408

Triadic

  1. #dae408
  2. #08dae4
  3. #e408da

Tetradic

  1. #dae408
  2. #08e412
  3. #1208e4
  4. #e408da

Square

  1. #dae408
  2. #08e480
  3. #1208e4
  4. #e4086c

Monochromatic

  1. #4d5003
  2. #939a05
  3. #dae408
  4. #f0f840
  5. #f6fb8a

Shades

#dae408 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dae408
  2. #c4cd07
  3. #aeb606
  4. #99a006
  5. #838905
  6. #6d7204
  7. #575b03
  8. #414402
  9. #2c2e02
  10. #161701
  11. #000000

Tints

#dae408 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dae408
  2. #dee721
  3. #e1e939
  4. #e5ec52
  5. #e9ef6b
  6. #edf284
  7. #f0f49c
  8. #f4f7b5
  9. #f8face
  10. #fbfce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dae408 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dae408
  2. #d1da14
  3. #c8d020
  4. #bfc62c
  5. #b6bc38
  6. #adb244
  7. #a4a850
  8. #9b9e5c
  9. #929468
  10. #898a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dadeae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6dc2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ead5c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebdd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdf24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4db9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dae408 {
  color: #dae408;
}
Background
.bg-dae408 {
  background-color: #dae408;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dae408 {
  border: 2px solid #dae408;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dae408;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 228 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 93% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dae408 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dae408, #6ce408);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dae408 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 228 8 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 2.66 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.08 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.40 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 6.00 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 6.26 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.27 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 6.29 #251bf7 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Pear
#dae408  rgb(218, 228, 8)  hsl(63, 93%, 46%)  Pear
#1208e4  rgb(18, 8, 228)  hsl(243, 93%, 46%)  Blue
#08dae4  rgb(8, 218, 228)  hsl(183, 93%, 46%)  Dark Turquoise
#e408da  rgb(228, 8, 218)  hsl(303, 93%, 46%)  Fuchsia