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#DCD78B

#dcd78b ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dcd78b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 84.31% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.27% magenta, 36.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 56.3°, with 53.64% saturation and 70.39% 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 14.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 4.37.

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Relative luminance0.6568

Complementary

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #8b90dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #8bb8dc
  3. #ae8bdc

Analogous

  1. #dcae8b
  2. #dcd78b
  3. #b8dc8b

Triadic

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #8bdcd7
  3. #d78bdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #90dc8b
  3. #8b90dc
  4. #d78bdc

Square

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #8bdcae
  3. #8b90dc
  4. #dc8bb8

Monochromatic

  1. #9e9730
  2. #cac350
  3. #dcd78b
  4. #eeebc6
  5. #fafaef

Shades

#dcd78b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #c6c27d
  3. #b0ac6f
  4. #9a9761
  5. #848153
  6. #6e6c46
  7. #585638
  8. #42412a
  9. #2c2b1c
  10. #16160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcd78b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #e0db97
  3. #e3dfa2
  4. #e7e3ae
  5. #eae7b9
  6. #eeebc5
  7. #f1efd1
  8. #f5f3dc
  9. #f8f7e8
  10. #fcfbf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcd78b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcd78b
  2. #d3ce8a
  3. #cac689
  4. #c0bd88
  5. #b7b487
  6. #aeac86
  7. #a5a384
  8. #9c9a83
  9. #929182
  10. #898981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7d5bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3d285 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d68e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7cec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0d488 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2d68d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3d1b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcd78b {
  color: #dcd78b;
}
Background
.bg-dcd78b {
  background-color: #dcd78b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcd78b {
  border: 2px solid #dcd78b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcd78b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 215 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 54% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcd78b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcd78b, #b8dc8b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcd78b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 215 139 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.37 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.58 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.95 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.04 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.05 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.94 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.96 #232874 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Khaki
#dcd78b  rgb(220, 215, 139)  hsl(56, 54%, 70%)  Khaki
#8b90dc  rgb(139, 144, 220)  hsl(236, 54%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#8bdcd7  rgb(139, 220, 215)  hsl(176, 54%, 70%)  Pale Turquoise
#d78bdc  rgb(215, 139, 220)  hsl(296, 54%, 70%)  Violet