Information about #D0CC9A color

#D0CC9A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D0CC9A falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(208, 204, 154) — 81.6% red, 80% green, 60.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 21 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#D0CC9A is a softly balanced golden yellow that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Old Medium Goldenrod (#CDCD96). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Tahuna Sands (#D8CC9B) and Pastel Sand (#D3C7A2).

The recipe behind #D0CC9A is rgb(208, 204, 154), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #D0CC9A: 12.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #D0CC9A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#D0CC9A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#D0CC9A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #D0CC9A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D0CC9A
  • RGB208, 204, 154
  • CMYK0, 2, 21, 18
  • CSSrgb(208, 204, 154)
  • HSL56°, 36%, 71%
  • HSL Precise55.556°, 36.486%, 70.98%
  • HSV56°, 26%, 82%
  • HSB56°, 26%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • GLSLvec3(0.816, 0.800, 0.604)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.816, 0.800, 0.604, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.816, 0.800, 0.604)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB81.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDD0CC9A
  • DECIMAL ID13683866
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01