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#E2CE80

#e2ce80 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e2ce80 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 80.78% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.85% magenta, 43.36% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 47.76°, with 62.82% saturation and 69.41% 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 13.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6187

Complementary

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #8094e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #80c5e2
  3. #9d80e2

Analogous

  1. #e29d80
  2. #e2ce80
  3. #c5e280

Triadic

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #80e2ce
  3. #ce80e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #94e280
  3. #8094e2
  4. #ce80e2

Square

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #80e29d
  3. #8094e2
  4. #e280c5

Monochromatic

  1. #a48a25
  2. #d4b642
  3. #e2ce80
  4. #f0e6be
  5. #fbf9ee

Shades

#e2ce80 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #cbb973
  3. #b5a566
  4. #9e905a
  5. #887c4d
  6. #716740
  7. #5a5233
  8. #443e26
  9. #2d291a
  10. #17150d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ce80 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #e5d38d
  3. #e8d899
  4. #ebdda6
  5. #eee2b3
  6. #f1e7c0
  7. #f3ebcc
  8. #f6f0d9
  9. #f9f5e6
  10. #fcfaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ce80 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ce80
  2. #d8c680
  3. #cebe80
  4. #c5b780
  5. #bbaf80
  6. #b1a780
  7. #a79f80
  8. #9d9780
  9. #949080
  10. #8a8880
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6ceb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddca7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2d183 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfcc7c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2d082 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac8a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ce80 {
  color: #e2ce80;
}
Background
.bg-e2ce80 {
  background-color: #e2ce80;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ce80 {
  border: 2px solid #e2ce80;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ce80;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 206 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 63% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ce80 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ce80, #c5e280);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ce80 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 206 128 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.68 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 3.69 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.87 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.39 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.07 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.74 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 7.43 #1d317f Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Buff
#e2ce80  rgb(226, 206, 128)  hsl(48, 63%, 69%)  Buff
#8094e2  rgb(128, 148, 226)  hsl(228, 63%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#80e2ce  rgb(128, 226, 206)  hsl(168, 63%, 69%)  Turquoise
#ce80e2  rgb(206, 128, 226)  hsl(288, 63%, 69%)  Orchid