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#DEC96C

#dec96c ≈ Flax

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dec96c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.82% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.46% magenta, 51.35% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 48.95°, with 63.33% saturation and 64.71% 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 12.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flax (#eedc82), ΔE 4.5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5839

Complementary

  1. #dec96c
  2. #6c81de

Split complementary

  1. #dec96c
  2. #6cbade
  3. #906cde

Analogous

  1. #de906c
  2. #dec96c
  3. #bade6c

Triadic

  1. #dec96c
  2. #6cdec9
  3. #c96cde

Tetradic

  1. #dec96c
  2. #81de6c
  3. #6c81de
  4. #c96cde

Square

  1. #dec96c
  2. #6cde90
  3. #6c81de
  4. #de6cba

Monochromatic

  1. #917c20
  2. #cfb12e
  3. #dec96c
  4. #ece0aa
  5. #faf7e9

Shades

#dec96c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec96c
  2. #c8b561
  3. #b2a156
  4. #9b8d4c
  5. #857941
  6. #6f6536
  7. #59502b
  8. #433c20
  9. #2c2816
  10. #16140b
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec96c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec96c
  2. #e1ce7b
  3. #e5d489
  4. #e8d998
  5. #ebdfa7
  6. #efe4b6
  7. #f2e9c4
  8. #f5efd3
  9. #f8f4e2
  10. #fcfaf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec96c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec96c
  2. #d5c26e
  3. #cbba70
  4. #c2b372
  5. #b8ac74
  6. #afa576
  7. #a69d78
  8. #9c967a
  9. #938f7c
  10. #89877e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c9ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c564 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfcc70 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edbdb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc767 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfcb6e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7c29c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec96c {
  color: #dec96c;
}
Background
.bg-dec96c {
  background-color: #dec96c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec96c {
  border: 2px solid #dec96c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec96c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 201 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 63% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec96c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec96c, #bade6c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec96c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 201 108 / 0.35);
}

#eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.50 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.50 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.68 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.88 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.40 #213693 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Flax
#dec96c  rgb(222, 201, 108)  hsl(49, 63%, 65%)  Flax
#6c81de  rgb(108, 129, 222)  hsl(229, 63%, 65%)  Glaucous
#6cdec9  rgb(108, 222, 201)  hsl(169, 63%, 65%)  Turquoise
#c96cde  rgb(201, 108, 222)  hsl(289, 63%, 65%)  Orchid