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#E4E6B8

#e4e6b8 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e6b8 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 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 62.61°, with 47.92% saturation and 81.18% 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 16.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 4.43.

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Relative luminance0.7655

Complementary

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #bab8e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #b8cde6
  3. #d1b8e6

Analogous

  1. #e6d1b8
  2. #e4e6b8
  3. #cde6b8

Triadic

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #b8e4e6
  3. #e6b8e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #b8e6ba
  3. #bab8e6
  4. #e6b8e4

Square

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #b8e6d1
  3. #bab8e6
  4. #e6b8cd

Monochromatic

  1. #b9be47
  2. #ced27f
  3. #e4e6b8
  4. #f9faf0
  5. #f9faf0

Shades

#e4e6b8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #cdcfa6
  3. #b6b893
  4. #a0a181
  5. #898a6e
  6. #72735c
  7. #5b5c4a
  8. #444537
  9. #2e2e25
  10. #171712
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6b8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #e7e9bf
  3. #e9ebc6
  4. #eceecd
  5. #eff0d4
  6. #f2f3dc
  7. #f4f5e3
  8. #f7f8ea
  9. #fafaf1
  10. #fcfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6b8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6b8
  2. #dadcb2
  3. #d0d2ad
  4. #c6c7a7
  5. #bcbda2
  6. #b2b39c
  7. #a8a996
  8. #9e9f91
  9. #94948b
  10. #8a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e4d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eee2b5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eee4ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebe0d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eae3b6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eae5b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8e3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6b8 {
  color: #e4e6b8;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6b8 {
  background-color: #e4e6b8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6b8 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6b8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6b8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 48% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6b8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6b8, #cde6b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6b8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 184 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.43 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.76 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.82 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.13 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.21 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.73 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 7.03 #1b1947 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e6b8  rgb(228, 230, 184)  hsl(63, 48%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod
#bab8e6  rgb(186, 184, 230)  hsl(243, 48%, 81%)  Periwinkle
#b8e4e6  rgb(184, 228, 230)  hsl(183, 48%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#e6b8e4  rgb(230, 184, 228)  hsl(303, 48%, 81%)  Plum