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#DED8AC

#ded8ac ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ded8ac is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 84.71% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.7% magenta, 22.52% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.8°, with 43.1% saturation and 77.25% 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 14.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 4.98.

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Relative luminance0.6762

Complementary

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #acb2de

Split complementary

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #accbde
  3. #bfacde

Analogous

  1. #debfac
  2. #ded8ac
  3. #cbdeac

Triadic

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #acded8
  3. #d8acde

Tetradic

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #b2deac
  3. #acb2de
  4. #d8acde

Square

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #acdebf
  3. #acb2de
  4. #deaccb

Monochromatic

  1. #aca045
  2. #c8be75
  3. #ded8ac
  4. #f4f2e3
  5. #f9f8f0

Shades

#ded8ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #c8c29b
  3. #b2ad8a
  4. #9b9778
  5. #858267
  6. #6f6c56
  7. #595645
  8. #434134
  9. #2c2b22
  10. #161611
  11. #000000

Tints

#ded8ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #e1dcb4
  3. #e5e0bd
  4. #e8e4c5
  5. #ebe8cd
  6. #efecd6
  7. #f2efde
  8. #f5f3e6
  9. #f8f7ee
  10. #fcfbf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ded8ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ded8ac
  2. #d5cfa8
  3. #cbc6a3
  4. #c2be9f
  5. #b8b59a
  6. #afac96
  7. #a6a392
  8. #9c9a8d
  9. #939289
  10. #898984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dad7c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d5a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3d8ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e6d2cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0d6aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1d8ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3d4c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ded8ac {
  color: #ded8ac;
}
Background
.bg-ded8ac {
  background-color: #ded8ac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ded8ac {
  border: 2px solid #ded8ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ded8ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 216 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 43% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ded8ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ded8ac, #cbdeac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ded8ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 216 172 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.98 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.22 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.66 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.68 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 7.05 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 7.31 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 7.57 #212753 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#ded8ac  rgb(222, 216, 172)  hsl(53, 43%, 77%)  Vanilla
#acb2de  rgb(172, 178, 222)  hsl(233, 43%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#acded8  rgb(172, 222, 216)  hsl(173, 43%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#d8acde  rgb(216, 172, 222)  hsl(293, 43%, 77%)  Plum