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#E8E29C

#e8e29c ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8e29c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 88.63% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.59% magenta, 32.76% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 55.26°, with 62.3% saturation and 76.08% 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 15.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7395

Complementary

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #9ca2e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #9cc8e8
  3. #bc9ce8

Analogous

  1. #e8bc9c
  2. #e8e29c
  3. #c8e89c

Triadic

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #9ce8e2
  3. #e29ce8

Tetradic

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #a2e89c
  3. #9ca2e8
  4. #e29ce8

Square

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #9ce8bc
  3. #9ca2e8
  4. #e89cc8

Monochromatic

  1. #bfb32c
  2. #dad05e
  3. #e8e29c
  4. #f6f4da
  5. #fbfaee

Shades

#e8e29c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #d1cb8c
  3. #bab57d
  4. #a29e6d
  5. #8b885e
  6. #74714e
  7. #5d5a3e
  8. #46442f
  9. #2e2d1f
  10. #171710
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8e29c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #eae5a6
  3. #ede8b0
  4. #efebba
  5. #f1eec4
  6. #f4f1ce
  7. #f6f3d7
  8. #f8f6e1
  9. #faf9eb
  10. #fdfcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8e29c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8e29c
  2. #ded899
  3. #d3ce96
  4. #c9c594
  5. #bebb91
  6. #b4b18e
  7. #aaa78b
  8. #9f9d88
  9. #959486
  10. #8a8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e0c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eedd97 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0e19f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3d9d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecdf99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ede19e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efddbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8e29c {
  color: #e8e29c;
}
Background
.bg-e8e29c {
  background-color: #e8e29c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8e29c {
  border: 2px solid #e8e29c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8e29c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 226 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 62% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8e29c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8e29c, #c8e89c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8e29c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 226 156 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.17 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.71 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.72 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.94 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.29 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.71 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.44 #171d63 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e8e29c  rgb(232, 226, 156)  hsl(55, 62%, 76%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9ca2e8  rgb(156, 162, 232)  hsl(235, 62%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9ce8e2  rgb(156, 232, 226)  hsl(175, 62%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#e29ce8  rgb(226, 156, 232)  hsl(295, 62%, 76%)  Plum