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#E6E6C8

#e6e6c8 ≈ Beige

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e6e6c8 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 90.2% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.04% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 37.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 16.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Beige (#f5f5dc), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#ffffcc
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Relative luminance0.7759

Complementary

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #c8c8e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #c8d7e6
  3. #d7c8e6

Analogous

  1. #e6d7c8
  2. #e6e6c8
  3. #d7e6c8

Triadic

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #c8e6e6
  3. #e6c8e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #c8e6c8
  3. #c8c8e6
  4. #e6c8e6

Square

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #c8e6d7
  3. #c8c8e6
  4. #e6c8d7

Monochromatic

  1. #b6b65f
  2. #cece93
  3. #e6e6c8
  4. #f9f9f1
  5. #f9f9f1

Shades

#e6e6c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #cfcfb4
  3. #b8b8a0
  4. #a1a18c
  5. #8a8a78
  6. #737364
  7. #5c5c50
  8. #45453c
  9. #2e2e28
  10. #171714
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e6c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #e9e9ce
  3. #ebebd3
  4. #eeeed9
  5. #f0f0de
  6. #f3f3e4
  7. #f5f5e9
  8. #f8f8ef
  9. #fafaf4
  10. #fdfdfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e6c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e6c8
  2. #dcdcc1
  3. #d2d2ba
  4. #c7c7b2
  5. #bdbdab
  6. #b3b3a4
  7. #a9a99d
  8. #9f9f96
  9. #94948e
  10. #8a8a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e5d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece3c6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ece5c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebe2dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e4c7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eae5c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9e4d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e6c8 {
  color: #e6e6c8;
}
Background
.bg-e6e6c8 {
  background-color: #e6e6c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e6c8 {
  border: 2px solid #e6e6c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e6c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 230 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 38% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e6c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e6c8, #d7e6c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e6c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 230 200 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5dc Beige ΔE 3.68 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 4.91 #f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 4.92 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 5.21 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 5.22 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.34 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 6.00 #191937 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Beige
#e6e6c8  rgb(230, 230, 200)  hsl(60, 38%, 84%)  Beige
#c8c8e6  rgb(200, 200, 230)  hsl(240, 38%, 84%)  Periwinkle
#c8e6e6  rgb(200, 230, 230)  hsl(180, 38%, 84%)  Powder Blue
#e6c8e6  rgb(230, 200, 230)  hsl(300, 38%, 84%)  Thistle