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#DAE59E

#dae59e ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dae59e is a color from the yellow-green family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 89.8% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 69.3°, with 57.72% saturation and 75.88% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.7341

Complementary

  1. #dae59e
  2. #a99ee5

Split complementary

  1. #dae59e
  2. #9eb6e5
  3. #cc9ee5

Analogous

  1. #e5cc9e
  2. #dae59e
  3. #b6e59e

Triadic

  1. #dae59e
  2. #9edae5
  3. #e59eda

Tetradic

  1. #dae59e
  2. #9ee5a9
  3. #a99ee5
  4. #e59eda

Square

  1. #dae59e
  2. #9ee5cc
  3. #a99ee5
  4. #e59eb6

Monochromatic

  1. #a4b931
  2. #c3d562
  3. #dae59e
  4. #f1f5da
  5. #f9fbef

Shades

#dae59e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dae59e
  2. #c4ce8e
  3. #aeb77e
  4. #99a06f
  5. #83895f
  6. #6d734f
  7. #575c3f
  8. #41452f
  9. #2c2e20
  10. #161710
  11. #000000

Tints

#dae59e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dae59e
  2. #dee8a8
  3. #e1eab1
  4. #e5edbb
  5. #e9efc5
  6. #edf2cf
  7. #f0f5d8
  8. #f4f7e2
  9. #f8faec
  10. #fbfcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dae59e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dae59e
  2. #d1db9b
  3. #c8d198
  4. #bfc795
  5. #b6bd92
  6. #adb38f
  7. #a4a88c
  8. #9b9e89
  9. #929486
  10. #898a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dde1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efde99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eedfa1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e2ddd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e19b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6e2a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dfe0c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dae59e {
  color: #dae59e;
}
Background
.bg-dae59e {
  background-color: #dae59e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dae59e {
  border: 2px solid #dae59e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dae59e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 229 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 69 58% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dae59e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dae59e, #b6e59e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dae59e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 229 158 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.10 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.85 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.62 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 8.11 #faf0be Blond ΔE 8.17 #d0f0c0 Tea Green ΔE 8.18 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 8.84 #251a61 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#dae59e  rgb(218, 229, 158)  hsl(69, 58%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a99ee5  rgb(169, 158, 229)  hsl(249, 58%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9edae5  rgb(158, 218, 229)  hsl(189, 58%, 76%)  Non-Photo Blue
#e59eda  rgb(229, 158, 218)  hsl(309, 58%, 76%)  Plum