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#E2CB90

#e2cb90 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e2cb90 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 79.61% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.18% magenta, 36.28% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.17°, with 58.57% saturation and 72.55% 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 13.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6089

Complementary

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #90a7e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #90d0e2
  3. #a290e2

Analogous

  1. #e2a290
  2. #e2cb90
  3. #d0e290

Triadic

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #90e2cb
  3. #cb90e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #a7e290
  3. #90a7e2
  4. #cb90e2

Square

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #90e2a2
  3. #90a7e2
  4. #e290d0

Monochromatic

  1. #ac882d
  2. #d2af53
  3. #e2cb90
  4. #f2e7cd
  5. #fbf7ef

Shades

#e2cb90 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #cbb782
  3. #b5a273
  4. #9e8e65
  5. #887a56
  6. #716648
  7. #5a513a
  8. #443d2b
  9. #2d291d
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2cb90 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #e5d09b
  3. #e8d5a6
  4. #ebdbb1
  5. #eee0bc
  6. #f1e5c8
  7. #f3ead3
  8. #f6efde
  9. #f9f5e9
  10. #fcfaf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2cb90 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2cb90
  2. #d8c48e
  3. #cebc8d
  4. #c5b58b
  5. #bbad8a
  6. #b1a688
  7. #a79e86
  8. #9d9785
  9. #948f83
  10. #8a8882
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6ccb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c98c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ded092 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efc2bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcca8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0ce91 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac5ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2cb90 {
  color: #e2cb90;
}
Background
.bg-e2cb90 {
  background-color: #e2cb90;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2cb90 {
  border: 2px solid #e2cb90;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2cb90;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 203 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 59% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2cb90 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2cb90, #d0e290);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2cb90 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 203 144 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.12 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.28 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.38 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 6.77 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.82 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.84 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.95 #1d346f Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Wheat
#e2cb90  rgb(226, 203, 144)  hsl(43, 59%, 73%)  Wheat
#90a7e2  rgb(144, 167, 226)  hsl(223, 59%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#90e2cb  rgb(144, 226, 203)  hsl(163, 59%, 73%)  Seafoam Green
#cb90e2  rgb(203, 144, 226)  hsl(283, 59%, 73%)  Wisteria