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#DECFA9

#decfa9 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#decfa9 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 81.18% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.76% magenta, 23.87% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 43.02°, with 44.54% saturation and 76.67% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 4.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6302

Complementary

  1. #decfa9
  2. #a9b8de

Split complementary

  1. #decfa9
  2. #a9d3de
  3. #b5a9de

Analogous

  1. #deb5a9
  2. #decfa9
  3. #d3dea9

Triadic

  1. #decfa9
  2. #a9decf
  3. #cfa9de

Tetradic

  1. #decfa9
  2. #b8dea9
  3. #a9b8de
  4. #cfa9de

Square

  1. #decfa9
  2. #a9deb5
  3. #a9b8de
  4. #dea9d3

Monochromatic

  1. #ac8e42
  2. #c9b072
  3. #decfa9
  4. #f3eee0
  5. #f9f7f0

Shades

#decfa9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #decfa9
  2. #c8ba98
  3. #b2a687
  4. #9b9176
  5. #857c65
  6. #6f6855
  7. #595344
  8. #433e33
  9. #2c2922
  10. #161511
  11. #000000

Tints

#decfa9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #decfa9
  2. #e1d4b2
  3. #e5d9ba
  4. #e8ddc3
  5. #ebe2cb
  6. #efe7d4
  7. #f2ecdd
  8. #f5f1e5
  9. #f8f5ee
  10. #fcfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#decfa9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #decfa9
  2. #d5c7a5
  3. #cbbfa1
  4. #c2b79d
  5. #b8af99
  6. #afa895
  7. #a6a090
  8. #9c988c
  9. #939088
  10. #898884
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6d0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8cda7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcd2aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7c9c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dacea8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddd1aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3cbba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-decfa9 {
  color: #decfa9;
}
Background
.bg-decfa9 {
  background-color: #decfa9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-decfa9 {
  border: 2px solid #decfa9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #decfa9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 207 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 45% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-decfa9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #decfa9, #d3dea9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-decfa9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 207 169 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 4.70 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.88 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 6.64 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.67 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.82 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.22 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 7.26 #213056 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Wheat
#decfa9  rgb(222, 207, 169)  hsl(43, 45%, 77%)  Wheat
#a9b8de  rgb(169, 184, 222)  hsl(223, 45%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a9decf  rgb(169, 222, 207)  hsl(163, 45%, 77%)  Magic Mint
#cfa9de  rgb(207, 169, 222)  hsl(283, 45%, 77%)  Wisteria