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#E4E6B9

#e4e6b9 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e6b9 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 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.57% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 62.67°, with 47.37% saturation and 81.37% 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 16.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.7659

Complementary

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #bbb9e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #b9cde6
  3. #d1b9e6

Analogous

  1. #e6d1b9
  2. #e4e6b9
  3. #cde6b9

Triadic

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #b9e4e6
  3. #e6b9e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #b9e6bb
  3. #bbb9e6
  4. #e6b9e4

Square

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #b9e6d1
  3. #bbb9e6
  4. #e6b9cd

Monochromatic

  1. #b9be48
  2. #ced281
  3. #e4e6b9
  4. #f9faf0
  5. #f9faf0

Shades

#e4e6b9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #cdcfa7
  3. #b6b894
  4. #a0a182
  5. #898a6f
  6. #72735d
  7. #5b5c4a
  8. #444538
  9. #2e2e25
  10. #171713
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6b9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #e7e9c0
  3. #e9ebc7
  4. #eceece
  5. #eff0d5
  6. #f2f3dc
  7. #f4f5e3
  8. #f7f8ea
  9. #fafaf1
  10. #fcfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6b9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6b9
  2. #dadcb3
  3. #d0d2ae
  4. #c6c7a8
  5. #bcbda2
  6. #b2b39d
  7. #a8a997
  8. #9e9f91
  9. #94948b
  10. #8a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e4d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eee2b6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eee4bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eae0da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eae4b7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eae5ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8e3cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6b9 {
  color: #e4e6b9;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6b9 {
  background-color: #e4e6b9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6b9 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6b9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6b9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 47% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6b9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6b9, #cde6b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6b9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 185 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.64 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.67 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.87 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.11 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.18 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.86 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 6.88 #1b1946 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e6b9  rgb(228, 230, 185)  hsl(63, 47%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod
#bbb9e6  rgb(187, 185, 230)  hsl(243, 47%, 81%)  Periwinkle
#b9e4e6  rgb(185, 228, 230)  hsl(183, 47%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#e6b9e4  rgb(230, 185, 228)  hsl(303, 47%, 81%)  Thistle