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#DEDC85

#dedc85 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dedc85 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 86.27% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.9% magenta, 40.09% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 58.65°, with 57.42% saturation and 69.61% 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 14.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6841

Complementary

  1. #dedc85
  2. #8587de

Split complementary

  1. #dedc85
  2. #85b4de
  3. #b085de

Analogous

  1. #deb085
  2. #dedc85
  3. #b4de85

Triadic

  1. #dedc85
  2. #85dedc
  3. #dc85de

Tetradic

  1. #dedc85
  2. #87de85
  3. #8587de
  4. #dc85de

Square

  1. #dedc85
  2. #85deb0
  3. #8587de
  4. #de85b4

Monochromatic

  1. #9f9c2b
  2. #cecb49
  3. #dedc85
  4. #eeedc1
  5. #fbfaef

Shades

#dedc85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dedc85
  2. #c8c678
  3. #b2b06a
  4. #9b9a5d
  5. #858450
  6. #6f6e43
  7. #595835
  8. #434228
  9. #2c2c1b
  10. #16160d
  11. #000000

Tints

#dedc85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dedc85
  2. #e1e091
  3. #e5e39d
  4. #e8e7aa
  5. #ebeab6
  6. #efeec2
  7. #f2f1ce
  8. #f5f5da
  9. #f8f8e7
  10. #fcfcf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dedc85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dedc85
  2. #d5d385
  3. #cbca84
  4. #c2c084
  5. #b8b783
  6. #afae83
  7. #a6a582
  8. #9c9c82
  9. #939281
  10. #898981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dad9bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9d67e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd989 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ead2c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5d881 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6da87 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d6b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dedc85 {
  color: #dedc85;
}
Background
.bg-dedc85 {
  background-color: #dedc85;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dedc85 {
  border: 2px solid #dedc85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dedc85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 220 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 57% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dedc85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dedc85, #b4de85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dedc85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 220 133 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.37 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.90 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.49 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.05 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.69 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.86 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.09 #21237a Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Khaki
#dedc85  rgb(222, 220, 133)  hsl(59, 57%, 70%)  Khaki
#8587de  rgb(133, 135, 222)  hsl(239, 57%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#85dedc  rgb(133, 222, 220)  hsl(179, 57%, 70%)  Pale Turquoise
#dc85de  rgb(220, 133, 222)  hsl(299, 57%, 70%)  Violet