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#E9D080

#e9d080 ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e9d080 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 81.57% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.73% magenta, 45.06% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 45.71°, with 70.47% saturation and 70.78% 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 13.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6399

Complementary

  1. #e9d080
  2. #8099e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9d080
  2. #80cee9
  3. #9b80e9

Analogous

  1. #e99b80
  2. #e9d080
  3. #cee980

Triadic

  1. #e9d080
  2. #80e9d0
  3. #d080e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9d080
  2. #99e980
  3. #8099e9
  4. #d080e9

Square

  1. #e9d080
  2. #80e99b
  3. #8099e9
  4. #e980ce

Monochromatic

  1. #b18e1f
  2. #deb83f
  3. #e9d080
  4. #f4e8c1
  5. #fcf9ee

Shades

#e9d080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9d080
  2. #d2bb73
  3. #baa666
  4. #a3925a
  5. #8c7d4d
  6. #756840
  7. #5d5333
  8. #463e26
  9. #2f2a1a
  10. #17150d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9d080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9d080
  2. #ebd58d
  3. #edd999
  4. #f0dea6
  5. #f2e3b3
  6. #f4e8c0
  7. #f6eccc
  8. #f8f1d9
  9. #fbf6e6
  10. #fdfaf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9d080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9d080
  2. #dfc880
  3. #d4c080
  4. #cab880
  5. #bfb080
  6. #b5a880
  7. #aaa080
  8. #a09880
  9. #959080
  10. #8b8880
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbd1b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0cd7a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d583 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8c4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4ce7c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d382 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2c9a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9d080 {
  color: #e9d080;
}
Background
.bg-e9d080 {
  background-color: #e9d080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9d080 {
  border: 2px solid #e9d080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9d080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 208 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 70% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9d080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9d080, #cee980);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9d080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 208 128 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.38 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 3.64 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 3.97 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.89 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.35 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.53 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.84 #162f7f Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Buff
#e9d080  rgb(233, 208, 128)  hsl(46, 70%, 71%)  Buff
#8099e9  rgb(128, 153, 233)  hsl(226, 70%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#80e9d0  rgb(128, 233, 208)  hsl(166, 70%, 71%)  Magic Mint
#d080e9  rgb(208, 128, 233)  hsl(286, 70%, 71%)  Heliotrope