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#E8D495

#e8d495 ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8d495 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 83.14% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 35.78% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 45.54°, with 64.34% saturation and 74.71% 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 14.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6641

Complementary

  1. #e8d495
  2. #95a9e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8d495
  2. #95d3e8
  3. #ab95e8

Analogous

  1. #e8ab95
  2. #e8d495
  3. #d3e895

Triadic

  1. #e8d495
  2. #95e8d4
  3. #d495e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8d495
  2. #a9e895
  3. #95a9e8
  4. #d495e8

Square

  1. #e8d495
  2. #95e8ab
  3. #95a9e8
  4. #e895d3

Monochromatic

  1. #bb9829
  2. #dabb56
  3. #e8d495
  4. #f6eed4
  5. #fbf8ee

Shades

#e8d495 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8d495
  2. #d1bf86
  3. #baaa77
  4. #a29468
  5. #8b7f59
  6. #746a4b
  7. #5d553c
  8. #46402d
  9. #2e2a1e
  10. #17150f
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8d495 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8d495
  2. #ead8a0
  3. #edddaa
  4. #efe1b5
  5. #f1e5bf
  6. #f4eaca
  7. #f6eed5
  8. #f8f2df
  9. #faf6ea
  10. #fdfbf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8d495 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8d495
  2. #decc93
  3. #d3c391
  4. #c9bb8f
  5. #beb28d
  6. #b4aa8b
  7. #aaa288
  8. #9f9986
  9. #959184
  10. #8a8882
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddd4bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d191 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d797 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5cbc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4d292 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d696 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0ceb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8d495 {
  color: #e8d495;
}
Background
.bg-e8d495 {
  background-color: #e8d495;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8d495 {
  border: 2px solid #e8d495;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8d495;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 212 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 64% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8d495 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8d495, #d3e895);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8d495 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 212 149 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.19 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.06 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.14 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.81 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.81 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 5.98 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.11 #172b6a Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#e8d495  rgb(232, 212, 149)  hsl(46, 64%, 75%)  Vanilla
#95a9e8  rgb(149, 169, 232)  hsl(226, 64%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#95e8d4  rgb(149, 232, 212)  hsl(166, 64%, 75%)  Magic Mint
#d495e8  rgb(212, 149, 232)  hsl(286, 64%, 75%)  Wisteria