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#E5CD89

#e5cd89 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5cd89 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 80.39% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.48% magenta, 40.17% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 44.35°, with 63.89% saturation and 71.76% 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6213

Complementary

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #89a1e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #89cfe5
  3. #9f89e5

Analogous

  1. #e59f89
  2. #e5cd89
  3. #cfe589

Triadic

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #89e5cd
  3. #cd89e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #a1e589
  3. #89a1e5
  4. #cd89e5

Square

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #89e59f
  3. #89a1e5
  4. #e589cf

Monochromatic

  1. #af8b26
  2. #d7b24a
  3. #e5cd89
  4. #f3e8c8
  5. #fbf8ee

Shades

#e5cd89 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #ceb97b
  3. #b7a46e
  4. #a09060
  5. #897b52
  6. #736745
  7. #5c5237
  8. #453e29
  9. #2e291b
  10. #17150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5cd89 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #e8d295
  3. #ead7a1
  4. #eddcac
  5. #efe1b8
  6. #f2e6c4
  7. #f5ebd0
  8. #f7f0dc
  9. #faf5e7
  10. #fcfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5cd89 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5cd89
  2. #dbc588
  3. #d1be87
  4. #c7b686
  5. #bdae85
  6. #b3a785
  7. #a89f84
  8. #9e9783
  9. #948f82
  10. #8a8881
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8ceb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbcb84 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1d28b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3c3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfcc86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d08a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edc7aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5cd89 {
  color: #e5cd89;
}
Background
.bg-e5cd89 {
  background-color: #e5cd89;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5cd89 {
  border: 2px solid #e5cd89;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5cd89;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 205 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 64% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5cd89 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5cd89, #cfe589);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5cd89 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 205 137 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.18 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.34 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.96 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.26 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.16 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 7.20 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 7.37 #1a3276 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Buff
#e5cd89  rgb(229, 205, 137)  hsl(44, 64%, 72%)  Buff
#89a1e5  rgb(137, 161, 229)  hsl(224, 64%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#89e5cd  rgb(137, 229, 205)  hsl(164, 64%, 72%)  Magic Mint
#cd89e5  rgb(205, 137, 229)  hsl(284, 64%, 72%)  Floral Lavender