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#E4E6C1

#e4e6c1 ≈ Light Goldenrod Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e6c1 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 75.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 63.24°, with 42.53% saturation and 82.94% 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 16.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Goldenrod Yellow (#fafad2), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.7694

Complementary

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #c3c1e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #c1d1e6
  3. #d5c1e6

Analogous

  1. #e6d5c1
  2. #e4e6c1
  3. #d1e6c1

Triadic

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #c1e4e6
  3. #e6c1e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #c1e6c3
  3. #c3c1e6
  4. #e6c1e4

Square

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #c1e6d5
  3. #c3c1e6
  4. #e6c1d1

Monochromatic

  1. #b5ba54
  2. #ccd08a
  3. #e4e6c1
  4. #f9f9f0
  5. #f9f9f0

Shades

#e4e6c1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #cdcfae
  3. #b6b89a
  4. #a0a187
  5. #898a74
  6. #727361
  7. #5b5c4d
  8. #44453a
  9. #2e2e27
  10. #171713
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6c1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #e7e9c7
  3. #e9ebcd
  4. #eceed4
  5. #eff0da
  6. #f2f3e0
  7. #f4f5e6
  8. #f7f8ec
  9. #fafaf3
  10. #fcfdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6c1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6c1
  2. #dadcbb
  3. #d0d2b4
  4. #c6c7ae
  5. #bcbda7
  6. #b2b3a1
  7. #a8a99a
  8. #9e9f94
  9. #94948d
  10. #8a8a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e4d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece2bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ede4c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9e1dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e4c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e5c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7e3d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6c1 {
  color: #e4e6c1;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6c1 {
  background-color: #e4e6c1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6c1 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6c1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6c1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 193;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 43% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6c1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6c1, #d1e6c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6c1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 193 / 0.35);
}

#fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.38 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 5.21 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.38 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.43 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.70 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 5.79 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.47 #1b193e Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Light Goldenrod Yellow
#e4e6c1  rgb(228, 230, 193)  hsl(63, 43%, 83%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#c3c1e6  rgb(195, 193, 230)  hsl(243, 43%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#c1e4e6  rgb(193, 228, 230)  hsl(183, 43%, 83%)  Powder Blue
#e6c1e4  rgb(230, 193, 228)  hsl(303, 43%, 83%)  Thistle