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#DBCAA5

#dbcaa5 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#dbcaa5 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 79.22% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.76% magenta, 24.66% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 41.11°, with 42.86% saturation and 75.29% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6002

Complementary

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #a5b6db

Split complementary

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #a5d1db
  3. #afa5db

Analogous

  1. #dbafa5
  2. #dbcaa5
  3. #d1dba5

Triadic

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #a5dbca
  3. #caa5db

Tetradic

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #b6dba5
  3. #a5b6db
  4. #caa5db

Square

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #a5dbaf
  3. #a5b6db
  4. #dba5d1

Monochromatic

  1. #a58642
  2. #c5aa6e
  3. #dbcaa5
  4. #f1eadc
  5. #f9f6f0

Shades

#dbcaa5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #c5b695
  3. #afa284
  4. #998d74
  5. #837963
  6. #6e6553
  7. #585142
  8. #423d32
  9. #2c2821
  10. #161411
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbcaa5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #dfcfae
  3. #e2d5b7
  4. #e6dac0
  5. #e9dfc9
  6. #ede5d2
  7. #f1eadb
  8. #f4efe4
  9. #f8f4ed
  10. #fbfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbcaa5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbcaa5
  2. #d2c3a1
  3. #c9bb9e
  4. #c0b49a
  5. #b7ac96
  6. #aea593
  7. #a49e8f
  8. #9b968b
  9. #928f87
  10. #898784
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2cbbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3c9a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7cda6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e4c4c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6c9a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9cca6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e1c6b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbcaa5 {
  color: #dbcaa5;
}
Background
.bg-dbcaa5 {
  background-color: #dbcaa5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbcaa5 {
  border: 2px solid #dbcaa5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbcaa5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 202 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 43% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbcaa5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbcaa5, #d1dba5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbcaa5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 202 165 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.33 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 6.65 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.90 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 7.11 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 7.24 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.37 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.44 #24355a Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Wheat
#dbcaa5  rgb(219, 202, 165)  hsl(41, 43%, 75%)  Wheat
#a5b6db  rgb(165, 182, 219)  hsl(221, 43%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a5dbca  rgb(165, 219, 202)  hsl(161, 43%, 75%)  Seafoam Green
#caa5db  rgb(202, 165, 219)  hsl(281, 43%, 75%)  Wisteria