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#E6CD80

#e6cd80 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e6cd80 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 80.39% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.87% magenta, 44.35% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 45.29°, with 67.11% saturation and 70.2% 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 13.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 4.18.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6204

Complementary

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #8099e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #80cce6
  3. #9a80e6

Analogous

  1. #e69a80
  2. #e6cd80
  3. #cce680

Triadic

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #80e6cd
  3. #cd80e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #99e680
  3. #8099e6
  4. #cd80e6

Square

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #80e69a
  3. #8099e6
  4. #e680cc

Monochromatic

  1. #ab8a22
  2. #d9b440
  3. #e6cd80
  4. #f3e6c0
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#e6cd80 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #cfb973
  3. #b8a466
  4. #a1905a
  5. #8a7b4d
  6. #736740
  7. #5c5233
  8. #453e26
  9. #2e291a
  10. #17150d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6cd80 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #e9d28d
  3. #ebd799
  4. #eedca6
  5. #f0e1b3
  6. #f3e6c0
  7. #f5ebcc
  8. #f8f0d9
  9. #faf5e6
  10. #fdfaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6cd80 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6cd80
  2. #dcc580
  3. #d2be80
  4. #c7b680
  5. #bdae80
  6. #b3a780
  7. #a99f80
  8. #9f9780
  9. #948f80
  10. #8a8880
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8ceb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcca7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3d283 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4c2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0cb7c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4d082 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efc6a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6cd80 {
  color: #e6cd80;
}
Background
.bg-e6cd80 {
  background-color: #e6cd80;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6cd80 {
  border: 2px solid #e6cd80;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6cd80;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 205 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 67% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6cd80 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6cd80, #cce680);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6cd80 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 205 128 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.18 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.39 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.83 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.47 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.01 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.06 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 7.23 #19327f Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Buff
#e6cd80  rgb(230, 205, 128)  hsl(45, 67%, 70%)  Buff
#8099e6  rgb(128, 153, 230)  hsl(225, 67%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#80e6cd  rgb(128, 230, 205)  hsl(165, 67%, 70%)  Turquoise
#cd80e6  rgb(205, 128, 230)  hsl(285, 67%, 70%)  Floral Lavender