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#E6DCAA

#e6dcaa ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e6dcaa is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 86.27% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.35% magenta, 26.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 54.55% saturation and 78.43% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 2.91.

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Relative luminance0.7091

Complementary

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #aab4e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #aad2e6
  3. #beaae6

Analogous

  1. #e6beaa
  2. #e6dcaa
  3. #d2e6aa

Triadic

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #aae6dc
  3. #dcaae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #b4e6aa
  3. #aab4e6
  4. #dcaae6

Square

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #aae6be
  3. #aab4e6
  4. #e6aad2

Monochromatic

  1. #bfa838
  2. #d5c46f
  3. #e6dcaa
  4. #f7f4e5
  5. #faf9ef

Shades

#e6dcaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #cfc699
  3. #b8b088
  4. #a19a77
  5. #8a8466
  6. #736e55
  7. #5c5844
  8. #454233
  9. #2e2c22
  10. #171611
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6dcaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #e9e0b3
  3. #ebe3bb
  4. #eee7c4
  5. #f0eacc
  6. #f3eed5
  7. #f5f1dd
  8. #f8f5e6
  9. #faf8ee
  10. #fdfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6dcaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6dcaa
  2. #dcd3a6
  3. #d2caa2
  4. #c7c09d
  5. #bdb799
  6. #b3ae95
  7. #a9a591
  8. #9f9c8d
  9. #949288
  10. #8a8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0dbc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d9a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9ddac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efd5cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6daa8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8ddab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecd8c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6dcaa {
  color: #e6dcaa;
}
Background
.bg-e6dcaa {
  background-color: #e6dcaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6dcaa {
  border: 2px solid #e6dcaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6dcaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 220 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 55% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6dcaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6dcaa, #d2e6aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6dcaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 220 170 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 2.91 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.76 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.37 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.46 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 6.11 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 6.57 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 6.64 #192355 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Vanilla
#e6dcaa  rgb(230, 220, 170)  hsl(50, 55%, 78%)  Vanilla
#aab4e6  rgb(170, 180, 230)  hsl(230, 55%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aae6dc  rgb(170, 230, 220)  hsl(170, 55%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#dcaae6  rgb(220, 170, 230)  hsl(290, 55%, 78%)  Plum