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#E6E191

#e6e191 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e6e191 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 88.24% green and 56.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.17% magenta, 36.96% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 56.47°, with 62.96% saturation and 73.53% 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 15.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7272

Complementary

  1. #e6e191
  2. #9196e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e191
  2. #91c1e6
  3. #b791e6

Analogous

  1. #e6b791
  2. #e6e191
  3. #c1e691

Triadic

  1. #e6e191
  2. #91e6e1
  3. #e191e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e191
  2. #96e691
  3. #9196e6
  4. #e191e6

Square

  1. #e6e191
  2. #91e6b7
  3. #9196e6
  4. #e691c1

Monochromatic

  1. #b5ad29
  2. #d8d053
  3. #e6e191
  4. #f4f2cf
  5. #fbfaee

Shades

#e6e191 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e191
  2. #cfcb83
  3. #b8b474
  4. #a19e66
  5. #8a8757
  6. #737149
  7. #5c5a3a
  8. #45442c
  9. #2e2d1d
  10. #17170f
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e191 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e191
  2. #e9e49c
  3. #ebe7a7
  4. #eeeab2
  5. #f0edbd
  6. #f3f0c8
  7. #f5f3d3
  8. #f8f6de
  9. #faf9e9
  10. #fdfcf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e191 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e191
  2. #dcd78f
  3. #d2ce8e
  4. #c7c48c
  5. #bdba8a
  6. #b3b189
  7. #a9a787
  8. #9f9d85
  9. #949383
  10. #8a8a82
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1dfc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eedb8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0df94 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2d7cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebde8d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ece093 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eddbb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e191 {
  color: #e6e191;
}
Background
.bg-e6e191 {
  background-color: #e6e191;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e191 {
  border: 2px solid #e6e191;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e191;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 225 145;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 63% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e191 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e191, #c1e691);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e191 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 225 145 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.47 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.90 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.05 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.54 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.80 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.32 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.29 #191e6e Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Khaki
#e6e191  rgb(230, 225, 145)  hsl(56, 63%, 74%)  Khaki
#9196e6  rgb(145, 150, 230)  hsl(236, 63%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#91e6e1  rgb(145, 230, 225)  hsl(176, 63%, 74%)  Pale Turquoise
#e191e6  rgb(225, 145, 230)  hsl(296, 63%, 74%)  Violet