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#E4E6C4

#e4e6c4 ≈ Light Goldenrod Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e6c4 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 76.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.78% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 63.53°, with 40.48% saturation and 83.53% 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 16.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Goldenrod Yellow (#fafad2), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.7707

Complementary

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #c6c4e6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #c4d3e6
  3. #d7c4e6

Analogous

  1. #e6d7c4
  2. #e4e6c4
  3. #d3e6c4

Triadic

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #c4e4e6
  3. #e6c4e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #c4e6c6
  3. #c6c4e6
  4. #e6c4e4

Square

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #c4e6d7
  3. #c6c4e6
  4. #e6c4d3

Monochromatic

  1. #b3b859
  2. #cbcf8e
  3. #e4e6c4
  4. #f8f9f1
  5. #f8f9f1

Shades

#e4e6c4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #cdcfb0
  3. #b6b89d
  4. #a0a189
  5. #898a76
  6. #727362
  7. #5b5c4e
  8. #44453b
  9. #2e2e27
  10. #171714
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e6c4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #e7e9ca
  3. #e9ebd0
  4. #eceed6
  5. #eff0dc
  6. #f2f3e2
  7. #f4f5e7
  8. #f7f8ed
  9. #fafaf3
  10. #fcfdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e6c4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e6c4
  2. #dadcbd
  3. #d0d2b6
  4. #c6c7b0
  5. #bcbda9
  6. #b2b3a2
  7. #a8a99b
  8. #9e9f94
  9. #94948e
  10. #8a8a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e4d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece3c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ece4c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9e2dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e4c3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e5c5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7e3d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e6c4 {
  color: #e4e6c4;
}
Background
.bg-e4e6c4 {
  background-color: #e4e6c4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e6c4 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e6c4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e6c4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 196;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 40% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e6c4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e6c4, #d3e6c4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e6c4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 196 / 0.35);
}

#fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.54 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 4.60 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 5.52 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.70 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 5.75 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 6.17 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.19 #1b193b Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Light Goldenrod Yellow
#e4e6c4  rgb(228, 230, 196)  hsl(64, 40%, 84%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow
#c6c4e6  rgb(198, 196, 230)  hsl(244, 40%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#c4e4e6  rgb(196, 228, 230)  hsl(184, 40%, 84%)  Powder Blue
#e6c4e4  rgb(230, 196, 228)  hsl(304, 40%, 84%)  Thistle