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#E5CE8D

#e5ce8d ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5ce8d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 80.78% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.04% magenta, 38.43% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 44.32°, with 62.86% saturation and 72.55% 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 13.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 5.43.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6272

Complementary

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #8da4e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #8dd0e5
  3. #a28de5

Analogous

  1. #e5a28d
  2. #e5ce8d
  3. #d0e58d

Triadic

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #8de5ce
  3. #ce8de5

Tetradic

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #a4e58d
  3. #8da4e5
  4. #ce8de5

Square

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #8de5a2
  3. #8da4e5
  4. #e58dd0

Monochromatic

  1. #b18d28
  2. #d7b34f
  3. #e5ce8d
  4. #f3e9cb
  5. #fbf8ee

Shades

#e5ce8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #ceb97f
  3. #b7a571
  4. #a09063
  5. #897c55
  6. #736747
  7. #5c5238
  8. #453e2a
  9. #2e291c
  10. #17150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5ce8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #e8d398
  3. #ead8a4
  4. #edddaf
  5. #efe2bb
  6. #f2e7c6
  7. #f5ebd1
  8. #f7f0dd
  9. #faf5e8
  10. #fcfaf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5ce8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5ce8d
  2. #dbc68c
  3. #d1be8a
  4. #c7b789
  5. #bdaf88
  6. #b3a787
  7. #a89f85
  8. #9e9784
  9. #949083
  10. #8a8881
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cfb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dccc88 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2d28f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2c4bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0cd8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d18e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edc8ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5ce8d {
  color: #e5ce8d;
}
Background
.bg-e5ce8d {
  background-color: #e5ce8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5ce8d {
  border: 2px solid #e5ce8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5ce8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 206 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 63% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5ce8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5ce8d, #d0e58d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5ce8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 206 141 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.43 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.57 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.80 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.29 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.60 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.89 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.90 #1a3172 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Buff
#e5ce8d  rgb(229, 206, 141)  hsl(44, 63%, 73%)  Buff
#8da4e5  rgb(141, 164, 229)  hsl(224, 63%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#8de5ce  rgb(141, 229, 206)  hsl(164, 63%, 73%)  Magic Mint
#ce8de5  rgb(206, 141, 229)  hsl(284, 63%, 73%)  Floral Lavender