#dcd489

Color #dcd489

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#dcd489

RGB

rgb(220, 212, 137)

HSL

hsl(54.2, 54.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.2, 37.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 37.7%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(84.02, -8.07, 38.11)

LCH

lch(84.02, 38.96, 101.96)

OKLCH

oklch(86%, 0.0959, 102.95)

HWB

hwb(54.2, 53.7%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8991dc

Analogous

#dcaa89

#dcd489

#bbdc89

Triadic

#dcd489

#89dcd4

#d489dc

Split-complementary

#dcd489

#89bbdc

#aa89dc

Tetradic

#dcd489

#91dc89

#8991dc

#d489dc

Square

#dcd489

#89dcaa

#8991dc

#dc89bb

Shades

Color #dcd489 mixed toward black.

#cec35b

#b7ab37

#8a8029

#5c561b

#2e2b0e

Tints

Color #dcd489 mixed toward white.

#e2db9d

#e8e2b0

#ede9c4

#f3f1d8

#f9f8eb

Tones

Color #dcd489 mixed toward gray.

#d5ce90

#cec997

#c7c39e

#c0bea5

#b9b8ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d99f · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#d9daa4 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#dcafb2 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcd489;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcd489]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#dcd489 (#dcd489) is rgb(220, 212, 137) in RGB.

No, #dcd489 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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