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#E5E6D8

#e5e6d8 ≈ Eggshell

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e5e6d8 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 90.2% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 64.29°, with 21.88% saturation and 87.45% 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 backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Eggshell (#f0ead6), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.7821

Complementary

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #d9d8e6

Split complementary

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #d8dee6
  3. #e0d8e6

Analogous

  1. #e6e0d8
  2. #e5e6d8
  3. #dee6d8

Triadic

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #d8e5e6
  3. #e6d8e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #d8e6d9
  3. #d9d8e6
  4. #e6d8e5

Square

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #d8e6e0
  3. #d9d8e6
  4. #e6d8de

Monochromatic

  1. #a7aa7b
  2. #c6c8a9
  3. #e5e6d8
  4. #f7f7f3
  5. #f7f7f3

Shades

#e5e6d8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #cecfc2
  3. #b7b8ad
  4. #a0a197
  5. #898a82
  6. #73736c
  7. #5c5c56
  8. #454541
  9. #2e2e2b
  10. #171716
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5e6d8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #e8e9dc
  3. #eaebe0
  4. #edeee4
  5. #eff0e8
  6. #f2f3ec
  7. #f5f5ef
  8. #f7f8f3
  9. #fafaf7
  10. #fcfdfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5e6d8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5e6d8
  2. #dbdccf
  3. #d1d2c6
  4. #c7c7be
  5. #bdbdb5
  6. #b3b3ac
  7. #a8a9a3
  8. #9e9f9a
  9. #949492
  10. #8a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e5e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9e5d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9e5d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e7e4e2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7e5d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7e5d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6e5de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5e6d8 {
  color: #e5e6d8;
}
Background
.bg-e5e6d8 {
  background-color: #e5e6d8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5e6d8 {
  border: 2px solid #e5e6d8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5e6d8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 230 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 22% 87%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5e6d8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5e6d8, #dee6d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5e6d8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 230 216 / 0.35);
}

#f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 3.70 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 4.97 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 5.18 #fffff0 Ivory ΔE 5.25 #fff8e7 Cosmic Latte ΔE 5.49 #fdf5e6 Old Lace ΔE 5.53 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.64 #1a1927 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Eggshell
#e5e6d8  rgb(229, 230, 216)  hsl(64, 22%, 87%)  Eggshell
#d9d8e6  rgb(217, 216, 230)  hsl(244, 22%, 87%)  Lavender
#d8e5e6  rgb(216, 229, 230)  hsl(184, 22%, 87%)  Azure
#e6d8e5  rgb(230, 216, 229)  hsl(304, 22%, 87%)  Languid Lavender