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#E6DD8A

#e6dd8a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e6dd8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 86.67% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.91% magenta, 40% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 54.13°, with 64.79% saturation and 72.16% 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 15.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.27.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7037

Complementary

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #8a93e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #8ac1e6
  3. #af8ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6af8a
  2. #e6dd8a
  3. #c1e68a

Triadic

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #8ae6dd
  3. #dd8ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #93e68a
  3. #8a93e6
  4. #dd8ae6

Square

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #8ae6af
  3. #8a93e6
  4. #e68ac1

Monochromatic

  1. #b1a426
  2. #d9cb4b
  3. #e6dd8a
  4. #f3efc9
  5. #fbfaee

Shades

#e6dd8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #cfc77c
  3. #b8b16e
  4. #a19b61
  5. #8a8553
  6. #736f45
  7. #5c5837
  8. #454229
  9. #2e2c1c
  10. #17160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6dd8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #e9e096
  3. #ebe4a1
  4. #eee7ad
  5. #f0ebb9
  6. #f3eec5
  7. #f5f1d0
  8. #f8f5dc
  9. #faf8e8
  10. #fdfcf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6dd8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6dd8a
  2. #dcd489
  3. #d2ca88
  4. #c7c187
  5. #bdb886
  6. #b3af85
  7. #a9a584
  8. #9f9c83
  9. #949382
  10. #8a8981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfdbbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebd884 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eedd8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3d3c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9da86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebdd8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eed7b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6dd8a {
  color: #e6dd8a;
}
Background
.bg-e6dd8a {
  background-color: #e6dd8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6dd8a {
  border: 2px solid #e6dd8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6dd8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 221 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 65% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6dd8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6dd8a, #c1e68a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6dd8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 221 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.27 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 2.74 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.26 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.71 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.83 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.11 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.59 #192275 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Khaki
#e6dd8a  rgb(230, 221, 138)  hsl(54, 65%, 72%)  Khaki
#8a93e6  rgb(138, 147, 230)  hsl(234, 65%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#8ae6dd  rgb(138, 230, 221)  hsl(174, 65%, 72%)  Pale Turquoise
#dd8ae6  rgb(221, 138, 230)  hsl(294, 65%, 72%)  Violet