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#e8ef8a ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8ef8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 93.73% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.93% cyan, 0% magenta, 42.26% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 64.16°, with 75.94% saturation and 73.92% 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 17.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 3.61.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.8072

Complementary

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #918aef

Split complementary

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #8ab5ef
  3. #c38aef

Analogous

  1. #efc38a
  2. #e8ef8a
  3. #b5ef8a

Triadic

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #8ae8ef
  3. #ef8ae8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #8aef91
  3. #918aef
  4. #ef8ae8

Square

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #8aefc3
  3. #918aef
  4. #ef8ab5

Monochromatic

  1. #b9c51b
  2. #dbe647
  3. #e8ef8a
  4. #f5f8cd
  5. #fbfded

Shades

#e8ef8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #d1d77c
  3. #babf6e
  4. #a2a761
  5. #8b8f53
  6. #747845
  7. #5d6037
  8. #464829
  9. #2e301c
  10. #17180e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ef8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #eaf196
  3. #edf2a1
  4. #eff4ad
  5. #f1f5b9
  6. #f4f7c5
  7. #f6f9d0
  8. #f8fadc
  9. #fafce8
  10. #fdfdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ef8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ef8a
  2. #dee489
  3. #d3d988
  4. #c9ce87
  5. #bec386
  6. #b4b885
  7. #aaac84
  8. #9fa183
  9. #959682
  10. #8a8b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8ebc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde782 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde98f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4e4d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5ea85 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5ec8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efe9bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ef8a {
  color: #e8ef8a;
}
Background
.bg-e8ef8a {
  background-color: #e8ef8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ef8a {
  border: 2px solid #e8ef8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ef8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 239 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 76% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ef8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ef8a, #b5ef8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ef8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 239 138 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 3.61 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.63 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.38 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 7.21 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.33 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 7.35 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 7.38 #171075 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#e8ef8a  rgb(232, 239, 138)  hsl(64, 76%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#918aef  rgb(145, 138, 239)  hsl(244, 76%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#8ae8ef  rgb(138, 232, 239)  hsl(184, 76%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#ef8ae8  rgb(239, 138, 232)  hsl(304, 76%, 74%)  Violet