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#E5CA8A

#e5ca8a ≈ Sunset

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5ca8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 79.22% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.79% magenta, 39.74% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 42.2°, with 63.64% saturation and 71.96% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sunset (#fad6a5), ΔE 6.25.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6073

Complementary

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #8aa5e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #8ad2e5
  3. #9c8ae5

Analogous

  1. #e59c8a
  2. #e5ca8a
  3. #d2e58a

Triadic

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #8ae5ca
  3. #ca8ae5

Tetradic

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #a5e58a
  3. #8aa5e5
  4. #ca8ae5

Square

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #8ae59c
  3. #8aa5e5
  4. #e58ad2

Monochromatic

  1. #af8727
  2. #d7ae4b
  3. #e5ca8a
  4. #f3e6c9
  5. #fbf7ee

Shades

#e5ca8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #ceb67c
  3. #b7a26e
  4. #a08d61
  5. #897953
  6. #736545
  7. #5c5137
  8. #453d29
  9. #2e281c
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5ca8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #e8cf96
  3. #ead5a1
  4. #eddaad
  5. #efdfb9
  6. #f2e5c5
  7. #f5ead0
  8. #f7efdc
  9. #faf4e8
  10. #fcfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5ca8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5ca8a
  2. #dbc389
  3. #d1bb88
  4. #c7b487
  5. #bdac86
  6. #b3a585
  7. #a89e84
  8. #9e9683
  9. #948f82
  10. #8a8781
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7ccb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c885 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfd08c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3c0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dec987 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1cd8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edc4a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5ca8a {
  color: #e5ca8a;
}
Background
.bg-e5ca8a {
  background-color: #e5ca8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5ca8a {
  border: 2px solid #e5ca8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5ca8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 202 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 64% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5ca8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5ca8a, #d2e58a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5ca8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 202 138 / 0.35);
}

#fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.25 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.51 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.73 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.80 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 6.82 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 6.87 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.02 #1a3575 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Sunset
#e5ca8a  rgb(229, 202, 138)  hsl(42, 64%, 72%)  Sunset
#8aa5e5  rgb(138, 165, 229)  hsl(222, 64%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#8ae5ca  rgb(138, 229, 202)  hsl(162, 64%, 72%)  Magic Mint
#ca8ae5  rgb(202, 138, 229)  hsl(282, 64%, 72%)  Floral Lavender