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#DDCA9F

#ddca9f ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ddca9f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 79.22% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 28.05% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.61°, with 47.69% saturation and 74.51% 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 13.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6012

Complementary

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #9fb2dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #9fd1dd
  3. #ab9fdd

Analogous

  1. #ddab9f
  2. #ddca9f
  3. #d1dd9f

Triadic

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #9fddca
  3. #ca9fdd

Tetradic

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #b2dd9f
  3. #9fb2dd
  4. #ca9fdd

Square

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #9fddab
  3. #9fb2dd
  4. #dd9fd1

Monochromatic

  1. #a8863b
  2. #c9ab67
  3. #ddca9f
  4. #f1e9d7
  5. #faf7f0

Shades

#ddca9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #c7b68f
  3. #b1a27f
  4. #9b8d6f
  5. #85795f
  6. #6f6550
  7. #585140
  8. #423d30
  9. #2c2820
  10. #161410
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddca9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #e0cfa9
  3. #e4d5b2
  4. #e7dabc
  5. #ebdfc5
  6. #eee5cf
  7. #f1ead9
  8. #f5efe2
  9. #f8f4ec
  10. #fcfaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddca9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddca9f
  2. #d4c39c
  3. #cabb99
  4. #c1b496
  5. #b8ac93
  6. #afa590
  7. #a59e8c
  8. #9c9689
  9. #938f86
  10. #898783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3cbbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4c99c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9cea0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7c3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8c99d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbcca0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3c6b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddca9f {
  color: #ddca9f;
}
Background
.bg-ddca9f {
  background-color: #ddca9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddca9f {
  border: 2px solid #ddca9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddca9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 202 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 48% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddca9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddca9f, #d1dd9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddca9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 202 159 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.04 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.40 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 6.71 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 6.77 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 6.80 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.82 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.90 #223560 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Wheat
#ddca9f  rgb(221, 202, 159)  hsl(42, 48%, 75%)  Wheat
#9fb2dd  rgb(159, 178, 221)  hsl(222, 48%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fddca  rgb(159, 221, 202)  hsl(162, 48%, 75%)  Seafoam Green
#ca9fdd  rgb(202, 159, 221)  hsl(282, 48%, 75%)  Wisteria