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#E4CBBE

#e4cbbe ≈ Desert Sand

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4cbbe is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 79.61% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.96% magenta, 16.67% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 20.53°, with 41.3% saturation and 81.96% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Desert Sand (#edc9af), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.6292

Complementary

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #bed7e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #bee4de
  3. #bec4e4

Analogous

  1. #e4bec4
  2. #e4cbbe
  3. #e4debe

Triadic

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #bee4cb
  3. #cbbee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #d7e4be
  3. #bed7e4
  4. #cbbee4

Square

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #c4e4be
  3. #bed7e4
  4. #debee4

Monochromatic

  1. #b77552
  2. #cea088
  3. #e4cbbe
  4. #f9f3f1
  5. #f9f3f1

Shades

#e4cbbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #cdb7ab
  3. #b6a298
  4. #a08e85
  5. #897a72
  6. #72665f
  7. #5b514c
  8. #443d39
  9. #2e2926
  10. #171413
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4cbbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #e7d0c5
  3. #e9d5cb
  4. #ecdbd2
  5. #efe0d8
  6. #f2e5df
  7. #f4eae5
  8. #f7efec
  9. #faf5f2
  10. #fcfaf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4cbbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4cbbe
  2. #dac4b8
  3. #d0bcb2
  4. #c6b5ab
  5. #bcada5
  6. #b2a69f
  7. #a89e99
  8. #9e9793
  9. #948f8c
  10. #8a8886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cec9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2cdbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7d2be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecc7c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9ccbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dccfbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9c9c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4cbbe {
  color: #e4cbbe;
}
Background
.bg-e4cbbe {
  background-color: #e4cbbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4cbbe {
  border: 2px solid #e4cbbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4cbbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 203 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 21 41% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4cbbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4cbbe, #e4debe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4cbbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 203 190 / 0.35);
}

#edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 5.11 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 5.20 #ffddca Unbleached Silk ΔE 5.42 #fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 7.07 #ffe4e1 Misty Rose ΔE 7.70 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 8.01 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 8.46 #1b3441 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Desert Sand
#e4cbbe  rgb(228, 203, 190)  hsl(21, 41%, 82%)  Desert Sand
#bed7e4  rgb(190, 215, 228)  hsl(201, 41%, 82%)  Columbia Blue
#bee4cb  rgb(190, 228, 203)  hsl(141, 41%, 82%)  Seafoam Green
#cbbee4  rgb(203, 190, 228)  hsl(261, 41%, 82%)  Thistle