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#e4d96f Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4d96f (Straw) is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 85.1% green and 43.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.82% magenta, 51.32% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 54.36°, with 68.42% saturation and 66.47% 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 14.45:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.6727

Complementary

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #6f7ae4

Split complementary

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #6fb4e4
  3. #9f6fe4

Analogous

  1. #e49f6f
  2. #e4d96f
  3. #b4e46f

Triadic

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #6fe4d9
  3. #d96fe4

Tetradic

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #7ae46f
  3. #6f7ae4
  4. #d96fe4

Square

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #6fe49f
  3. #6f7ae4
  4. #e46fb4

Monochromatic

  1. #9d911d
  2. #d8c82f
  3. #e4d96f
  4. #f0eaaf
  5. #fcfaee

Shades

#e4d96f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #cdc364
  3. #b6ae59
  4. #a0984e
  5. #898243
  6. #726d38
  7. #5b572c
  8. #444121
  9. #2e2b16
  10. #17160b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4d96f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #e7dd7d
  3. #e9e18c
  4. #ece49a
  5. #efe8a9
  6. #f2ecb7
  7. #f4f0c5
  8. #f7f4d4
  9. #faf7e2
  10. #fcfbf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4d96f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4d96f
  2. #dad071
  3. #d0c772
  4. #c6be74
  5. #bcb576
  6. #b2ad78
  7. #a8a479
  8. #9e9b7b
  9. #94927d
  10. #8a897e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd7b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9d365 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd974 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3cdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d569 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d972 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edd2a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4d96f {
  color: #e4d96f;
}
Background
.bg-e4d96f {
  background-color: #e4d96f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4d96f {
  border: 2px solid #e4d96f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4d96f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 217 111;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 68% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4d96f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4d96f, #b4e46f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4d96f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 217 111 / 0.35);
}

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Straw
#e4d96f  rgb(228, 217, 111)  hsl(54, 68%, 66%)  Straw
#6f7ae4  rgb(111, 122, 228)  hsl(234, 68%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6fe4d9  rgb(111, 228, 217)  hsl(174, 68%, 66%)  Turquoise
#d96fe4  rgb(217, 111, 228)  hsl(294, 68%, 66%)  Orchid