#dcd989

Color #dcd989

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.39 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#dcd989

RGB

rgb(220, 217, 137)

HSL

hsl(57.8, 54.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.8, 37.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 37.7%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(85.33, -10.61, 39.78)

LCH

lch(85.33, 41.17, 104.93)

OKLCH

oklch(87%, 0.1015, 106.49)

HWB

hwb(57.8, 53.7%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898cdc

Analogous

#dcaf89

#dcd989

#b6dc89

Triadic

#dcd989

#89dcd9

#d989dc

Split-complementary

#dcd989

#89b6dc

#af89dc

Tetradic

#dcd989

#8cdc89

#898cdc

#d989dc

Square

#dcd989

#89dcaf

#898cdc

#dc89b6

Shades

Color #dcd989 mixed toward black.

#ceca5b

#b7b337

#8a8629

#5c591b

#2e2d0e

Tints

Color #dcd989 mixed toward white.

#e2df9d

#e8e6b0

#edecc4

#f3f2d8

#f9f9eb

Tones

Color #dcd989 mixed toward gray.

#d5d390

#cecc97

#c7c69e

#c0bfa5

#b9b9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdba1 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#dbdba6 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#dcb1b5 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#d5d5d5 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcd989;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcd989]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#dcd989 (#dcd989) is rgb(220, 217, 137) in RGB.

No, #dcd989 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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