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#E4E4A6

#e4e4a6 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e4a6 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 89.41% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.19% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 53.45% saturation and 77.25% 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 15.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.09.

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Relative luminance0.7473

Complementary

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #a6a6e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #a6c5e4
  3. #c5a6e4

Analogous

  1. #e4c5a6
  2. #e4e4a6
  3. #c5e4a6

Triadic

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #a6e4e4
  3. #e4a6e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #a6e4a6
  3. #a6a6e4
  4. #e4a6e4

Square

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #a6e4c5
  3. #a6a6e4
  4. #e4a6c5

Monochromatic

  1. #b9b938
  2. #d2d26b
  3. #e4e4a6
  4. #f6f6e1
  5. #fafaef

Shades

#e4e4a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #cdcd95
  3. #b6b685
  4. #a0a074
  5. #898964
  6. #727253
  7. #5b5b42
  8. #444432
  9. #2e2e21
  10. #171711
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e4a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #e7e7af
  3. #e9e9b8
  4. #ececc1
  5. #efefca
  6. #f2f2d3
  7. #f4f4db
  8. #f7f7e4
  9. #fafaed
  10. #fcfcf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e4a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e4a6
  2. #dadaa2
  3. #d0d09e
  4. #c6c69b
  5. #bcbc97
  6. #b2b293
  7. #a8a88f
  8. #9e9e8b
  9. #949488
  10. #8a8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e2cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eedfa2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efe2a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eddcd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eae1a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebe3a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9dfc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e4a6 {
  color: #e4e4a6;
}
Background
.bg-e4e4a6 {
  background-color: #e4e4a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e4a6 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e4a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e4a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 228 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 53% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e4a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e4a6, #c5e4a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e4a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 228 166 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.09 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.44 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.24 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.88 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 6.67 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.91 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 7.26 #1b1b59 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e4a6  rgb(228, 228, 166)  hsl(60, 53%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a6a6e4  rgb(166, 166, 228)  hsl(240, 53%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a6e4e4  rgb(166, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 53%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e4a6e4  rgb(228, 166, 228)  hsl(300, 53%, 77%)  Plum