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#E4E69E

#e4e69e ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e69e 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 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.3% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 61.67°, with 59.02% saturation and 76.08% 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 16.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.7556

Complementary

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #a09ee6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #9ec0e6
  3. #c49ee6

Analogous

  1. #e6c49e
  2. #e4e69e
  3. #c0e69e

Triadic

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #9ee4e6
  3. #e69ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #9ee6a0
  3. #a09ee6
  4. #e69ee4

Square

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #9ee6c4
  3. #a09ee6
  4. #e69ec0

Monochromatic

  1. #b7bb30
  2. #d3d661
  3. #e4e69e
  4. #f5f6db
  5. #fafbef

Shades

#e4e69e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #cdcf8e
  3. #b6b87e
  4. #a0a16f
  5. #898a5f
  6. #72734f
  7. #5b5c3f
  8. #44452f
  9. #2e2e20
  10. #171710
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e69e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #e7e9a8
  3. #e9ebb1
  4. #eceebb
  5. #eff0c5
  6. #f2f3cf
  7. #f4f5d8
  8. #f7f8e2
  9. #fafaec
  10. #fcfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e69e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e69e
  2. #dadc9b
  3. #d0d298
  4. #c6c795
  5. #bcbd92
  6. #b2b38f
  7. #a8a98c
  8. #9e9f89
  9. #949486
  10. #8a8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1e099 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2e3a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeddd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ece29b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ede4a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae1c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e69e {
  color: #e4e69e;
}
Background
.bg-e4e69e {
  background-color: #e4e69e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e69e {
  border: 2px solid #e4e69e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e69e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 59% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e69e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e69e, #c0e69e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e69e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 158 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.07 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.66 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.51 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.55 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.65 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.81 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.10 #1b1961 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e69e  rgb(228, 230, 158)  hsl(62, 59%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a09ee6  rgb(160, 158, 230)  hsl(242, 59%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9ee4e6  rgb(158, 228, 230)  hsl(182, 59%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#e69ee4  rgb(230, 158, 228)  hsl(302, 59%, 76%)  Plum