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#E5DE8E

#e5de8e ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5de8e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 87.06% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.06% magenta, 37.99% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 55.17°, with 62.59% saturation and 72.75% 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 15.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.7085

Complementary

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #8e95e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #8ec1e5
  3. #b38ee5

Analogous

  1. #e5b38e
  2. #e5de8e
  3. #c1e58e

Triadic

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #8ee5de
  3. #de8ee5

Tetradic

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #95e58e
  3. #8e95e5
  4. #de8ee5

Square

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #8ee5b3
  3. #8e95e5
  4. #e58ec1

Monochromatic

  1. #b1a629
  2. #d7cc50
  3. #e5de8e
  4. #f3f0cc
  5. #fbfaee

Shades

#e5de8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #cec880
  3. #b7b272
  4. #a09b63
  5. #898555
  6. #736f47
  7. #5c5939
  8. #45432b
  9. #2e2c1c
  10. #17160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5de8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #e8e199
  3. #eae5a5
  4. #ede8b0
  5. #efebbb
  6. #f2efc7
  7. #f5f2d2
  8. #f7f5dd
  9. #faf8e8
  10. #fcfcf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5de8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5de8e
  2. #dbd58d
  3. #d1cb8b
  4. #c7c28a
  5. #bdb888
  6. #b3af87
  7. #a8a686
  8. #9e9c84
  9. #949383
  10. #8a8981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfdcc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebd988 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eedd91 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1d4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9db8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eadd90 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecd8b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5de8e {
  color: #e5de8e;
}
Background
.bg-e5de8e {
  background-color: #e5de8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5de8e {
  border: 2px solid #e5de8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5de8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 222 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 63% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5de8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5de8e, #c1e58e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5de8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 222 142 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.55 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 3.48 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.97 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.24 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.38 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.29 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.80 #1a2171 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Khaki
#e5de8e  rgb(229, 222, 142)  hsl(55, 63%, 73%)  Khaki
#8e95e5  rgb(142, 149, 229)  hsl(235, 63%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#8ee5de  rgb(142, 229, 222)  hsl(175, 63%, 73%)  Pale Turquoise
#de8ee5  rgb(222, 142, 229)  hsl(295, 63%, 73%)  Violet