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#DEC38C

#dec38c ≈ Burly Wood

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dec38c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.47% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 36.94% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 40.24°, with 55.41% saturation and 70.98% 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 12.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Burly Wood (#deb887), ΔE 4.83.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5645

Complementary

  1. #dec38c
  2. #8ca7de

Split complementary

  1. #dec38c
  2. #8cd0de
  3. #9a8cde

Analogous

  1. #de9a8c
  2. #dec38c
  3. #d0de8c

Triadic

  1. #dec38c
  2. #8cdec3
  3. #c38cde

Tetradic

  1. #dec38c
  2. #a7de8c
  3. #8ca7de
  4. #c38cde

Square

  1. #dec38c
  2. #8cde9a
  3. #8ca7de
  4. #de8cd0

Monochromatic

  1. #a27c2f
  2. #cda451
  3. #dec38c
  4. #efe2c7
  5. #faf7ef

Shades

#dec38c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec38c
  2. #c8b07e
  3. #b29c70
  4. #9b8962
  5. #857554
  6. #6f6246
  7. #594e38
  8. #433b2a
  9. #2c271c
  10. #16140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec38c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec38c
  2. #e1c998
  3. #e5cfa3
  4. #e8d5af
  5. #ebdbba
  6. #efe1c6
  7. #f2e7d1
  8. #f5eddd
  9. #f8f3e8
  10. #fcf9f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec38c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec38c
  2. #d5bc8b
  3. #cbb68a
  4. #c2af88
  5. #b8a887
  6. #afa286
  7. #a69b85
  8. #9c9484
  9. #938d82
  10. #898781
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c5b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0c288 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c98e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebbab5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6c28a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac78d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6bea6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec38c {
  color: #dec38c;
}
Background
.bg-dec38c {
  background-color: #dec38c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec38c {
  border: 2px solid #dec38c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec38c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 55% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec38c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec38c, #d0de8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec38c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 140 / 0.35);
}

#deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 4.83 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 5.64 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.09 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.23 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.03 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.26 #ffc87c Topaz ΔE 8.00 #213c73 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Burly Wood
#dec38c  rgb(222, 195, 140)  hsl(40, 55%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#8ca7de  rgb(140, 167, 222)  hsl(220, 55%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#8cdec3  rgb(140, 222, 195)  hsl(160, 55%, 71%)  Seafoam Green
#c38cde  rgb(195, 140, 222)  hsl(280, 55%, 71%)  Floral Lavender