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#E6D685

#e6d685 ≈ Flax

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e6d685 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 83.92% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.96% magenta, 42.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 50.1°, with 65.99% saturation and 71.18% 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 14.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flax (#eedc82), ΔE 2.03.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6661

Complementary

  1. #e6d685
  2. #8595e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6d685
  2. #85c6e6
  3. #a685e6

Analogous

  1. #e6a685
  2. #e6d685
  3. #c6e685

Triadic

  1. #e6d685
  2. #85e6d6
  3. #d685e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6d685
  2. #95e685
  3. #8595e6
  4. #d685e6

Square

  1. #e6d685
  2. #85e6a6
  3. #8595e6
  4. #e685c6

Monochromatic

  1. #ae9724
  2. #d9c146
  3. #e6d685
  4. #f3ebc5
  5. #fcf9ee

Shades

#e6d685 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6d685
  2. #cfc178
  3. #b8ab6a
  4. #a1965d
  5. #8a8050
  6. #736b43
  7. #5c5635
  8. #454028
  9. #2e2b1b
  10. #17150d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6d685 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6d685
  2. #e9da91
  3. #ebde9d
  4. #eee2aa
  5. #f0e6b6
  6. #f3ebc2
  7. #f5efce
  8. #f8f3da
  9. #faf7e7
  10. #fdfbf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6d685 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6d685
  2. #dccd85
  3. #d2c584
  4. #c7bc84
  5. #bdb483
  6. #b3ab83
  7. #a9a282
  8. #9f9a82
  9. #949181
  10. #8a8981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd5ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5d27f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d888 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3cbc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5d381 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8d787 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eed0ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6d685 {
  color: #e6d685;
}
Background
.bg-e6d685 {
  background-color: #e6d685;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6d685 {
  border: 2px solid #e6d685;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6d685;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 214 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 66% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6d685 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6d685, #c6e685);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6d685 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 214 133 / 0.35);
}

#eedc82 Flax ΔE 2.03 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 2.27 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.95 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.04 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.04 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.75 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.02 #19297a Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Flax
#e6d685  rgb(230, 214, 133)  hsl(50, 66%, 71%)  Flax
#8595e6  rgb(133, 149, 230)  hsl(230, 66%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#85e6d6  rgb(133, 230, 214)  hsl(170, 66%, 71%)  Turquoise
#d685e6  rgb(214, 133, 230)  hsl(290, 66%, 71%)  Violet