#d9dc97

Color #d9dc97

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#d9dc97

RGB

rgb(217, 220, 151)

HSL

hsl(62.6, 49.6%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.6, 31.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 31.4%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(86.09, -11.63, 33.65)

LCH

lch(86.09, 35.6, 109.07)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.0891, 110.22)

HWB

hwb(62.6, 59.2%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a97dc

Analogous

#dcbc97

#d9dc97

#b6dc97

Triadic

#d9dc97

#97d9dc

#dc97d9

Split-complementary

#d9dc97

#97b6dc

#bc97dc

Tetradic

#d9dc97

#97dc9a

#9a97dc

#dc97d9

Square

#d9dc97

#97dcbc

#9a97dc

#dc97b6

Shades

Color #d9dc97 mixed toward black.

#c8cc69

#b4b93e

#878b2f

#5a5c1f

#2d2e10

Tints

Color #d9dc97 mixed toward white.

#dfe2a8

#e6e8ba

#ecedcb

#f2f3dc

#f9f9ee

Tones

Color #d9dc97 mixed toward gray.

#d4d69d

#ced0a2

#c9cba8

#c4c5ae

#bfbfb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadaab · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#dadaaf · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#d9b9bc · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9dc97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9dc97]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#d9dc97 (#d9dc97) is rgb(217, 220, 151) in RGB.

No, #d9dc97 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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