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#E2CA8B

#e2ca8b ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e2ca8b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 79.22% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.62% magenta, 38.5% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.45°, with 60% saturation and 71.57% 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 13.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 6.36.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6027

Complementary

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #8ba3e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #8bcee2
  3. #9f8be2

Analogous

  1. #e29f8b
  2. #e2ca8b
  3. #cee28b

Triadic

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #8be2ca
  3. #ca8be2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #a3e28b
  3. #8ba3e2
  4. #ca8be2

Square

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #8be29f
  3. #8ba3e2
  4. #e28bce

Monochromatic

  1. #aa872a
  2. #d3ae4e
  3. #e2ca8b
  4. #f1e6c8
  5. #fbf8ef

Shades

#e2ca8b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #cbb67d
  3. #b5a26f
  4. #9e8d61
  5. #887953
  6. #716546
  7. #5a5138
  8. #443d2a
  9. #2d281c
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ca8b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #e5cf97
  3. #e8d5a2
  4. #ebdaae
  5. #eedfb9
  6. #f1e5c5
  7. #f3ead1
  8. #f6efdc
  9. #f9f4e8
  10. #fcfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ca8b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ca8b
  2. #d8c38a
  3. #cebb89
  4. #c5b488
  5. #bbac87
  6. #b1a586
  7. #a79e84
  8. #9d9683
  9. #948f82
  10. #8a8781
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5cbb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c886 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #decf8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efc0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc988 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfcd8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac4a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ca8b {
  color: #e2ca8b;
}
Background
.bg-e2ca8b {
  background-color: #e2ca8b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ca8b {
  border: 2px solid #e2ca8b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ca8b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 202 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 60% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ca8b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ca8b, #cee28b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ca8b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 202 139 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.36 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.50 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.66 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.80 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.84 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 7.14 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.23 #1d3574 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Buff
#e2ca8b  rgb(226, 202, 139)  hsl(43, 60%, 72%)  Buff
#8ba3e2  rgb(139, 163, 226)  hsl(223, 60%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#8be2ca  rgb(139, 226, 202)  hsl(163, 60%, 72%)  Seafoam Green
#ca8be2  rgb(202, 139, 226)  hsl(283, 60%, 72%)  Floral Lavender