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#E4E4B8

#e4e4b8 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e4b8 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 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.3% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 44.9% saturation and 80.78% 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 16.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 4.58.

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Relative luminance0.7544

Complementary

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #b8b8e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #b8cee4
  3. #ceb8e4

Analogous

  1. #e4ceb8
  2. #e4e4b8
  3. #cee4b8

Triadic

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #b8e4e4
  3. #e4b8e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #b8e4b8
  3. #b8b8e4
  4. #e4b8e4

Square

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #b8e4ce
  3. #b8b8e4
  4. #e4b8ce

Monochromatic

  1. #baba49
  2. #cfcf81
  3. #e4e4b8
  4. #f9f9ef
  5. #f9f9f0

Shades

#e4e4b8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #cdcda6
  3. #b6b693
  4. #a0a081
  5. #89896e
  6. #72725c
  7. #5b5b4a
  8. #444437
  9. #2e2e25
  10. #171712
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e4b8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #e7e7bf
  3. #e9e9c6
  4. #ececcd
  5. #efefd4
  6. #f2f2dc
  7. #f4f4e3
  8. #f7f7ea
  9. #fafaf1
  10. #fcfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e4b8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e4b8
  2. #dadab2
  3. #d0d0ad
  4. #c6c6a7
  5. #bcbca2
  6. #b2b29c
  7. #a8a896
  8. #9e9e91
  9. #94948b
  10. #8a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e2d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece0b5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ede2ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebded8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e2b6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e3b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8e1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e4b8 {
  color: #e4e4b8;
}
Background
.bg-e4e4b8 {
  background-color: #e4e4b8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e4b8 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e4b8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e4b8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 228 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 45% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e4b8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e4b8, #cee4b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e4b8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 228 184 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.58 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.62 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.87 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.15 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.38 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.47 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 6.83 #1b1b47 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e4b8  rgb(228, 228, 184)  hsl(60, 45%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod
#b8b8e4  rgb(184, 184, 228)  hsl(240, 45%, 81%)  Periwinkle
#b8e4e4  rgb(184, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 45%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#e4b8e4  rgb(228, 184, 228)  hsl(300, 45%, 81%)  Plum