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#E4E6AF

#e4e6af ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e6af is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.91% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 62.18°, with 52.38% saturation and 79.41% 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 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.93.

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Relative luminance0.7618

Complementary

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #b1afe6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #afc8e6
  3. #ccafe6

Analogous

  1. #e6ccaf
  2. #e4e6af
  3. #c8e6af

Triadic

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #afe4e6
  3. #e6afe4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #afe6b1
  3. #b1afe6
  4. #e6afe4

Square

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #afe6cc
  3. #b1afe6
  4. #e6afc8

Monochromatic

  1. #bbc03c
  2. #d0d475
  3. #e4e6af
  4. #f8f8e9
  5. #fafaef

Shades

#e4e6af mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #cdcf9e
  3. #b6b88c
  4. #a0a17b
  5. #898a69
  6. #727358
  7. #5b5c46
  8. #444535
  9. #2e2e23
  10. #171712
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6af mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #e7e9b7
  3. #e9ebbf
  4. #eceec7
  5. #eff0cf
  6. #f2f3d7
  7. #f4f5df
  8. #f7f8e7
  9. #fafaef
  10. #fcfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6af mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6af
  2. #dadcaa
  3. #d0d2a6
  4. #c6c7a1
  5. #bcbd9c
  6. #b2b398
  7. #a8a993
  8. #9e9f8e
  9. #949489
  10. #8a8a85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efe1ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0e3b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecdfd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebe3ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebe4b0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9e2c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6af {
  color: #e4e6af;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6af {
  background-color: #e4e6af;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6af {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6af;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6af;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 52% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6af {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6af, #c8e6af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6af {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 175 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.93 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.86 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.99 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.75 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.86 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 5.93 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.49 #1b1950 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e6af  rgb(228, 230, 175)  hsl(62, 52%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#b1afe6  rgb(177, 175, 230)  hsl(242, 52%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#afe4e6  rgb(175, 228, 230)  hsl(182, 52%, 79%)  Powder Blue
#e6afe4  rgb(230, 175, 228)  hsl(302, 52%, 79%)  Plum