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#EBE5AA

#ebe5aa ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebe5aa is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 89.8% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.55% magenta, 27.66% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 54.46°, with 61.9% saturation and 79.41% 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 16.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 0.87.

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Relative luminance0.766

Complementary

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #aab0eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #aad0eb
  3. #c4aaeb

Analogous

  1. #ebc4aa
  2. #ebe5aa
  3. #d0ebaa

Triadic

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #aaebe5
  3. #e5aaeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #b0ebaa
  3. #aab0eb
  4. #e5aaeb

Square

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #aaebc4
  3. #aab0eb
  4. #ebaad0

Monochromatic

  1. #ccbe30
  2. #dcd26c
  3. #ebe5aa
  4. #faf8e8
  5. #fbfaee

Shades

#ebe5aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #d4ce99
  3. #bcb788
  4. #a5a077
  5. #8d8966
  6. #767355
  7. #5e5c44
  8. #474533
  9. #2f2e22
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe5aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #ede8b3
  3. #efeabb
  4. #f1edc4
  5. #f3efcc
  6. #f5f2d5
  7. #f7f5dd
  8. #f9f7e6
  9. #fbfaee
  10. #fdfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe5aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe5aa
  2. #e0dba6
  3. #d6d1a2
  4. #cbc79d
  5. #c0bd99
  6. #b6b395
  7. #aba891
  8. #a09e8d
  9. #959488
  10. #8b8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e4ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0e1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2e4ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5ddd5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eee2a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efe5ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1e0c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe5aa {
  color: #ebe5aa;
}
Background
.bg-ebe5aa {
  background-color: #ebe5aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe5aa {
  border: 2px solid #ebe5aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe5aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 229 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 62% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe5aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe5aa, #d0ebaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe5aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 229 170 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 0.87 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 2.53 #faf0be Blond ΔE 3.66 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.68 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.77 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.20 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 6.69 #141a55 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ebe5aa  rgb(235, 229, 170)  hsl(54, 62%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#aab0eb  rgb(170, 176, 235)  hsl(234, 62%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aaebe5  rgb(170, 235, 229)  hsl(174, 62%, 79%)  Pale Turquoise
#e5aaeb  rgb(229, 170, 235)  hsl(294, 62%, 79%)  Plum