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#DED78E

#ded78e ≈ Flax

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ded78e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 84.31% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.15% magenta, 36.04% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 54.75°, with 54.79% saturation and 71.37% 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 14.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flax (#eedc82), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6608

Complementary

  1. #ded78e
  2. #8e95de

Split complementary

  1. #ded78e
  2. #8ebdde
  3. #af8ede

Analogous

  1. #deaf8e
  2. #ded78e
  3. #bdde8e

Triadic

  1. #ded78e
  2. #8eded7
  3. #d78ede

Tetradic

  1. #ded78e
  2. #95de8e
  3. #8e95de
  4. #d78ede

Square

  1. #ded78e
  2. #8edeaf
  3. #8e95de
  4. #de8ebd

Monochromatic

  1. #a39930
  2. #cdc253
  3. #ded78e
  4. #efecc9
  5. #faf9ef

Shades

#ded78e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ded78e
  2. #c8c280
  3. #b2ac72
  4. #9b9763
  5. #858155
  6. #6f6c47
  7. #595639
  8. #43412b
  9. #2c2b1c
  10. #16160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ded78e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ded78e
  2. #e1db99
  3. #e5dfa5
  4. #e8e3b0
  5. #ebe7bb
  6. #efebc7
  7. #f2efd2
  8. #f5f3dd
  9. #f8f7e8
  10. #fcfbf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ded78e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ded78e
  2. #d5ce8d
  3. #cbc68b
  4. #c2bd8a
  5. #b8b488
  6. #afac87
  7. #a6a386
  8. #9c9a84
  9. #939183
  10. #898981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d5bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3d289 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d691 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9cec5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1d48b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d790 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d1b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ded78e {
  color: #ded78e;
}
Background
.bg-ded78e {
  background-color: #ded78e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ded78e {
  border: 2px solid #ded78e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ded78e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 215 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 55% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ded78e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ded78e, #bdde8e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ded78e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 215 142 / 0.35);
}

#eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.41 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.43 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.55 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.83 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.29 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.36 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.70 #212871 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Flax
#ded78e  rgb(222, 215, 142)  hsl(55, 55%, 71%)  Flax
#8e95de  rgb(142, 149, 222)  hsl(235, 55%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#8eded7  rgb(142, 222, 215)  hsl(175, 55%, 71%)  Pale Turquoise
#d78ede  rgb(215, 142, 222)  hsl(295, 55%, 71%)  Violet