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Reed Yellow

#DCC89F

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.64:1Fails

Black text

12.07:1AAA

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About Reed Yellow

Reed Yellow (#DCC89F) is a light muted orange. Its RGB value is 220, 200, 159 and its HSL value is 40°, 47%, 74%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.07:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Reed Yellow, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#DCC89F · #9FB3DC

Analogous

#DCA99F · #DCC89F · #D2DC9F

Triadic

#DCC89F · #9FDCC8 · #C89FDC

Split complementary

#DCC89F · #9FD2DC · #A99FDC

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