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#E4E69B

#e4e69b ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e69b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.61% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 61.6°, with 60% saturation and 75.49% 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 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.7545

Complementary

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #9d9be6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #9bbee6
  3. #c29be6

Analogous

  1. #e6c29b
  2. #e4e69b
  3. #bee69b

Triadic

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #9be4e6
  3. #e69be4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #9be69d
  3. #9d9be6
  4. #e69be4

Square

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #9be6c2
  3. #9d9be6
  4. #e69bbe

Monochromatic

  1. #b6ba2e
  2. #d3d75e
  3. #e4e69b
  4. #f5f5d8
  5. #fbfbef

Shades

#e4e69b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #cdcf8c
  3. #b6b87c
  4. #a0a16d
  5. #898a5d
  6. #72734e
  7. #5b5c3e
  8. #44452f
  9. #2e2e1f
  10. #171710
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e69b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #e7e9a5
  3. #e9ebaf
  4. #eceeb9
  5. #eff0c3
  6. #f2f3cd
  7. #f4f5d7
  8. #f7f8e1
  9. #fafaeb
  10. #fcfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e69b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e69b
  2. #dadc98
  3. #d0d296
  4. #c6c793
  5. #bcbd90
  6. #b2b38e
  7. #a8a98b
  8. #9e9f88
  9. #949485
  10. #8a8a83
  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 #e2e3c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2e096 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2e39e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeddd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ece298 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ede49d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae1bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e69b {
  color: #e4e69b;
}
Background
.bg-e4e69b {
  background-color: #e4e69b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e69b {
  border: 2px solid #e4e69b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e69b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 60% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e69b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e69b, #bee69b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e69b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 155 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.43 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.28 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.78 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.38 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.44 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.84 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.88 #1b1964 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e69b  rgb(228, 230, 155)  hsl(62, 60%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9d9be6  rgb(157, 155, 230)  hsl(242, 60%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9be4e6  rgb(155, 228, 230)  hsl(182, 60%, 75%)  Pale Turquoise
#e69be4  rgb(230, 155, 228)  hsl(302, 60%, 75%)  Plum