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#E4E1AF

#e4e1af ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e1af is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 88.24% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.32% magenta, 23.25% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 56.6°, with 49.53% saturation and 79.02% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.7344

Complementary

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #afb2e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #afcde4
  3. #c6afe4

Analogous

  1. #e4c6af
  2. #e4e1af
  3. #cde4af

Triadic

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #afe4e1
  3. #e1afe4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #b2e4af
  3. #afb2e4
  4. #e1afe4

Square

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #afe4c6
  3. #afb2e4
  4. #e4afcd

Monochromatic

  1. #bbb43f
  2. #d1cc76
  3. #e4e1af
  4. #f7f6e8
  5. #faf9f0

Shades

#e4e1af mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #cdcb9e
  3. #b6b48c
  4. #a09e7b
  5. #898769
  6. #727158
  7. #5b5a46
  8. #444435
  9. #2e2d23
  10. #171712
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e1af mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #e7e4b7
  3. #e9e7bf
  4. #eceac7
  5. #efedcf
  6. #f2f0d7
  7. #f4f3df
  8. #f7f6e7
  9. #faf9ef
  10. #fcfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e1af mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e1af
  2. #dad7aa
  3. #d0cea6
  4. #c6c4a1
  5. #bcba9c
  6. #b2b198
  7. #a8a793
  8. #9e9d8e
  9. #949389
  10. #8a8a85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1e0cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaddac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ece0b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecdad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8dfad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e0b0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ddc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e1af {
  color: #e4e1af;
}
Background
.bg-e4e1af {
  background-color: #e4e1af;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e1af {
  border: 2px solid #e4e1af;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e1af;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 225 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 50% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e1af {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e1af, #cde4af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e1af {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 225 175 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.14 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.02 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.24 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.69 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 6.05 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.13 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.60 #1b1e50 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e1af  rgb(228, 225, 175)  hsl(57, 50%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#afb2e4  rgb(175, 178, 228)  hsl(237, 50%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#afe4e1  rgb(175, 228, 225)  hsl(177, 50%, 79%)  Pale Turquoise
#e1afe4  rgb(225, 175, 228)  hsl(297, 50%, 79%)  Plum