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#E1CA8D

#e1ca8d ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e1ca8d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 79.22% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.22% magenta, 37.33% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 43.57°, with 58.33% saturation and 71.76% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 6.52.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6017

Complementary

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #8da4e1

Split complementary

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #8dcee1
  3. #a08de1

Analogous

  1. #e1a08d
  2. #e1ca8d
  3. #cee18d

Triadic

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #8de1ca
  3. #ca8de1

Tetradic

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #a4e18d
  3. #8da4e1
  4. #ca8de1

Square

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #8de1a0
  3. #8da4e1
  4. #e18dce

Monochromatic

  1. #a9872c
  2. #d1ae50
  3. #e1ca8d
  4. #f1e6ca
  5. #fbf7ef

Shades

#e1ca8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #cbb67f
  3. #b4a271
  4. #9e8d63
  5. #877955
  6. #716547
  7. #5a5138
  8. #443d2a
  9. #2d281c
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e1ca8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #e4cf98
  3. #e7d5a4
  4. #eadaaf
  5. #eddfbb
  6. #f0e5c6
  7. #f3ead1
  8. #f6efdd
  9. #f9f4e8
  10. #fcfaf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e1ca8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e1ca8d
  2. #d7c38c
  3. #cebb8a
  4. #c4b489
  5. #baac88
  6. #b1a587
  7. #a79e85
  8. #9d9684
  9. #938f83
  10. #8a8781
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5cbb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c889 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddcf8f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eec0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc98a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfcd8e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9c4aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e1ca8d {
  color: #e1ca8d;
}
Background
.bg-e1ca8d {
  background-color: #e1ca8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e1ca8d {
  border: 2px solid #e1ca8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e1ca8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 202 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 58% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e1ca8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1ca8d, #cee18d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e1ca8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 202 141 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.52 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.61 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.61 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.72 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.77 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.02 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.19 #1e3572 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Vanilla
#e1ca8d  rgb(225, 202, 141)  hsl(44, 58%, 72%)  Vanilla
#8da4e1  rgb(141, 164, 225)  hsl(224, 58%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#8de1ca  rgb(141, 225, 202)  hsl(164, 58%, 72%)  Seafoam Green
#ca8de1  rgb(202, 141, 225)  hsl(284, 58%, 72%)  Floral Lavender