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#E3CD8D

#e3cd8d ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e3cd8d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 80.39% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.69% magenta, 37.89% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 44.65°, with 60.56% saturation and 72.16% 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 13.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6192

Complementary

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #8da3e3

Split complementary

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #8dcee3
  3. #a28de3

Analogous

  1. #e3a28d
  2. #e3cd8d
  3. #cee38d

Triadic

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #8de3cd
  3. #cd8de3

Tetradic

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #a3e38d
  3. #8da3e3
  4. #cd8de3

Square

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #8de3a2
  3. #8da3e3
  4. #e38dce

Monochromatic

  1. #ad8b2a
  2. #d4b250
  3. #e3cd8d
  4. #f2e8ca
  5. #fbf8ef

Shades

#e3cd8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #ccb97f
  3. #b6a471
  4. #9f9063
  5. #887b55
  6. #726747
  7. #5b5238
  8. #443e2a
  9. #2d291c
  10. #17150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3cd8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #e6d298
  3. #e9d7a4
  4. #ebdcaf
  5. #eee1bb
  6. #f1e6c6
  7. #f4ebd1
  8. #f7f0dd
  9. #f9f5e8
  10. #fcfaf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3cd8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3cd8d
  2. #d9c58c
  3. #cfbe8a
  4. #c5b689
  5. #bbae88
  6. #b2a787
  7. #a89f85
  8. #9e9784
  9. #948f83
  10. #8a8881
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7ceb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbcb88 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0d18f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #decc8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1cf8e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ebc7ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3cd8d {
  color: #e3cd8d;
}
Background
.bg-e3cd8d {
  background-color: #e3cd8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3cd8d {
  border: 2px solid #e3cd8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3cd8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 205 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 61% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3cd8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3cd8d, #cee38d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3cd8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 205 141 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.66 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.76 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.88 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.60 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.68 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 7.09 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.10 #1c3272 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Buff
#e3cd8d  rgb(227, 205, 141)  hsl(45, 61%, 72%)  Buff
#8da3e3  rgb(141, 163, 227)  hsl(225, 61%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#8de3cd  rgb(141, 227, 205)  hsl(165, 61%, 72%)  Magic Mint
#cd8de3  rgb(205, 141, 227)  hsl(285, 61%, 72%)  Floral Lavender