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#E4E6A0

#e4e6a0 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e6a0 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 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 30.43% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 61.71°, with 58.33% saturation and 76.47% 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 16.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.86.

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Relative luminance0.7563

Complementary

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #a2a0e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #a0c1e6
  3. #c5a0e6

Analogous

  1. #e6c5a0
  2. #e4e6a0
  3. #c1e6a0

Triadic

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #a0e4e6
  3. #e6a0e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #a0e6a2
  3. #a2a0e6
  4. #e6a0e4

Square

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #a0e6c5
  3. #a2a0e6
  4. #e6a0c1

Monochromatic

  1. #b8bc31
  2. #d3d663
  3. #e4e6a0
  4. #f5f6dd
  5. #fafbef

Shades

#e4e6a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #cdcf90
  3. #b6b880
  4. #a0a170
  5. #898a60
  6. #727350
  7. #5b5c40
  8. #444530
  9. #2e2e20
  10. #171710
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #e7e9aa
  3. #e9ebb3
  4. #eceebd
  5. #eff0c6
  6. #f2f3d0
  7. #f4f5d9
  8. #f7f8e3
  9. #fafaec
  10. #fcfdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6a0
  2. #dadc9d
  3. #d0d29a
  4. #c6c796
  5. #bcbd93
  6. #b2b390
  7. #a8a98d
  8. #9e9f8a
  9. #949486
  10. #8a8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e3cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1e09b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2e3a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edded4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ece29d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ece4a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae1c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6a0 {
  color: #e4e6a0;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6a0 {
  background-color: #e4e6a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6a0 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 58% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6a0, #c1e6a0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 160 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.86 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.94 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.35 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.30 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.86 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 7.07 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.29 #1b195f Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e6a0  rgb(228, 230, 160)  hsl(62, 58%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a2a0e6  rgb(162, 160, 230)  hsl(242, 58%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a0e4e6  rgb(160, 228, 230)  hsl(182, 58%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#e6a0e4  rgb(230, 160, 228)  hsl(302, 58%, 76%)  Plum