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#DEC85E

#dec85e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec85e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.43% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.91% magenta, 57.66% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 49.69°, with 65.98% saturation and 61.96% 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 12.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5765

Complementary

  1. #dec85e
  2. #5e74de

Split complementary

  1. #dec85e
  2. #5eb4de
  3. #885ede

Analogous

  1. #de885e
  2. #dec85e
  3. #b4de5e

Triadic

  1. #dec85e
  2. #5edec8
  3. #c85ede

Tetradic

  1. #dec85e
  2. #74de5e
  3. #5e74de
  4. #c85ede

Square

  1. #dec85e
  2. #5ede88
  3. #5e74de
  4. #de5eb4

Monochromatic

  1. #87751c
  2. #c7ac29
  3. #dec85e
  4. #ebde9d
  5. #f8f3dd

Shades

#dec85e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec85e
  2. #c8b455
  3. #b2a04b
  4. #9b8c42
  5. #857838
  6. #6f642f
  7. #595026
  8. #433c1c
  9. #2c2813
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec85e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec85e
  2. #e1ce6e
  3. #e5d37e
  4. #e8d98e
  5. #ebde9e
  6. #efe4af
  7. #f2e9bf
  8. #f5efcf
  9. #f8f4df
  10. #fcfaef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec85e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec85e
  2. #d5c161
  3. #cbba65
  4. #c2b268
  5. #b8ab6c
  6. #afa46f
  7. #a69d72
  8. #9c9676
  9. #938e79
  10. #89877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1c8a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c453 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfcb63 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eebbb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc558 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfca61 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8c096 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec85e {
  color: #dec85e;
}
Background
.bg-dec85e {
  background-color: #dec85e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec85e {
  border: 2px solid #dec85e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec85e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 200 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec85e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec85e, #b4de5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec85e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 200 94 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.26 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.36 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.37 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.55 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.94 #2137a1 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Straw
#dec85e  rgb(222, 200, 94)  hsl(50, 66%, 62%)  Straw
#5e74de  rgb(94, 116, 222)  hsl(230, 66%, 62%)  Royal Blue
#5edec8  rgb(94, 222, 200)  hsl(170, 66%, 62%)  Turquoise
#c85ede  rgb(200, 94, 222)  hsl(290, 66%, 62%)  Medium Orchid