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#E4CB8A

#e4cb8a ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4cb8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 79.61% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.96% magenta, 39.47% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 43.33°, with 62.5% 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 13.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 6.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6104

Complementary

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #8aa3e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #8ad0e4
  3. #9e8ae4

Analogous

  1. #e49e8a
  2. #e4cb8a
  3. #d0e48a

Triadic

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #8ae4cb
  3. #cb8ae4

Tetradic

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #a3e48a
  3. #8aa3e4
  4. #cb8ae4

Square

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #8ae49e
  3. #8aa3e4
  4. #e48ad0

Monochromatic

  1. #ad8828
  2. #d6af4c
  3. #e4cb8a
  4. #f2e7c8
  5. #fbf8ee

Shades

#e4cb8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #cdb77c
  3. #b6a26e
  4. #a08e61
  5. #897a53
  6. #726645
  7. #5b5137
  8. #443d29
  9. #2e291c
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4cb8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #e7d096
  3. #e9d5a1
  4. #ecdbad
  5. #efe0b9
  6. #f2e5c5
  7. #f4ead0
  8. #f7efdc
  9. #faf5e8
  10. #fcfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4cb8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4cb8a
  2. #dac489
  3. #d0bc88
  4. #c6b587
  5. #bcad86
  6. #b2a685
  7. #a89e84
  8. #9e9783
  9. #948f82
  10. #8a8881
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7ccb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c985 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfd08c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1c1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deca87 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1ce8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecc5a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4cb8a {
  color: #e4cb8a;
}
Background
.bg-e4cb8a {
  background-color: #e4cb8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4cb8a {
  border: 2px solid #e4cb8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4cb8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 203 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 63% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4cb8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4cb8a, #d0e48a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4cb8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 203 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.00 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.17 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.62 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.70 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.73 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.90 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 7.13 #1b3475 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Buff
#e4cb8a  rgb(228, 203, 138)  hsl(43, 63%, 72%)  Buff
#8aa3e4  rgb(138, 163, 228)  hsl(223, 63%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#8ae4cb  rgb(138, 228, 203)  hsl(163, 63%, 72%)  Magic Mint
#cb8ae4  rgb(203, 138, 228)  hsl(283, 63%, 72%)  Floral Lavender