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#E8E6CB

#e8e6cb ≈ Beige

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e8e6cb is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 90.2% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.86% magenta, 12.5% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 55.86°, with 38.67% saturation and 85.29% 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 16.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Beige (#f5f5dc), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.7806

Complementary

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #cbcde8

Split complementary

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #cbdbe8
  3. #d7cbe8

Analogous

  1. #e8d7cb
  2. #e8e6cb
  3. #dbe8cb

Triadic

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #cbe8e6
  3. #e6cbe8

Tetradic

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #cde8cb
  3. #cbcde8
  4. #e6cbe8

Square

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #cbe8d7
  3. #cbcde8
  4. #e8cbdb

Monochromatic

  1. #b9b361
  2. #d1cc96
  3. #e8e6cb
  4. #f9f8f1
  5. #f9f8f1

Shades

#e8e6cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #d1cfb7
  3. #bab8a2
  4. #a2a18e
  5. #8b8a7a
  6. #747366
  7. #5d5c51
  8. #46453d
  9. #2e2e29
  10. #171714
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8e6cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #eae9d0
  3. #edebd5
  4. #efeedb
  5. #f1f0e0
  6. #f4f3e5
  7. #f6f5ea
  8. #f8f8ef
  9. #fafaf5
  10. #fdfdfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8e6cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8e6cb
  2. #dedcc4
  3. #d3d2bc
  4. #c9c7b5
  5. #bebdad
  6. #b4b3a6
  7. #aaa99e
  8. #9f9f97
  9. #95948f
  10. #8a8a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e5db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebe4c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ece5cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ede2de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eae5ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebe6cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ebe4d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8e6cb {
  color: #e8e6cb;
}
Background
.bg-e8e6cb {
  background-color: #e8e6cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8e6cb {
  border: 2px solid #e8e6cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8e6cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 230 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 39% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8e6cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8e6cb, #dbe8cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8e6cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 230 203 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5dc Beige ΔE 3.30 #f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 3.58 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 4.14 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 4.52 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 5.28 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 5.52 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 5.95 #171934 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Beige
#e8e6cb  rgb(232, 230, 203)  hsl(56, 39%, 85%)  Beige
#cbcde8  rgb(203, 205, 232)  hsl(236, 39%, 85%)  Languid Lavender
#cbe8e6  rgb(203, 232, 230)  hsl(176, 39%, 85%)  Light Cyan
#e6cbe8  rgb(230, 203, 232)  hsl(296, 39%, 85%)  Thistle