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#DBDB8A

#dbdb8a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dbdb8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 85.88% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 36.99% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 52.94% saturation and 70% 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 14.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6756

Complementary

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #8a8adb

Split complementary

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #8ab2db
  3. #b28adb

Analogous

  1. #dbb38a
  2. #dbdb8a
  3. #b3db8a

Triadic

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #8adbdb
  3. #db8adb

Tetradic

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #8adb8a
  3. #8a8adb
  4. #db8adb

Square

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #8adbb3
  3. #8a8adb
  4. #db8ab3

Monochromatic

  1. #9c9c30
  2. #c9c950
  3. #dbdb8a
  4. #ededc5
  5. #fafaef

Shades

#dbdb8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #c5c57c
  3. #afaf6e
  4. #999961
  5. #838353
  6. #6e6e45
  7. #585837
  8. #424229
  9. #2c2c1c
  10. #16160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbdb8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #dfdf96
  3. #e2e2a1
  4. #e6e6ad
  5. #e9e9b9
  6. #ededc5
  7. #f1f1d0
  8. #f4f4dc
  9. #f8f8e8
  10. #fbfbf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbdb8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbdb8a
  2. #d2d289
  3. #c9c988
  4. #c0c087
  5. #b7b786
  6. #aeae85
  7. #a4a484
  8. #9b9b83
  9. #929282
  10. #898981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d8bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7d584 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d88d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e6d2c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2d786 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d98c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2d5b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbdb8a {
  color: #dbdb8a;
}
Background
.bg-dbdb8a {
  background-color: #dbdb8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbdb8a {
  border: 2px solid #dbdb8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbdb8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 219 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 53% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbdb8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbdb8a, #b3db8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbdb8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 219 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.20 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.04 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.23 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.31 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.84 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.81 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 7.71 #242475 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Khaki
#dbdb8a  rgb(219, 219, 138)  hsl(60, 53%, 70%)  Khaki
#8a8adb  rgb(138, 138, 219)  hsl(240, 53%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#8adbdb  rgb(138, 219, 219)  hsl(180, 53%, 70%)  Pale Turquoise
#db8adb  rgb(219, 138, 219)  hsl(300, 53%, 70%)  Violet