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#EBE89E

#ebe89e ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebe89e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 90.98% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.28% magenta, 32.77% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.66°, with 65.81% saturation and 77.06% 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 16.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.7784

Complementary

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #9ea1eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #9ec8eb
  3. #c29eeb

Analogous

  1. #ebc29e
  2. #ebe89e
  3. #c8eb9e

Triadic

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #9eebe8
  3. #e89eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #a1eb9e
  3. #9ea1eb
  4. #e89eeb

Square

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #9eebc2
  3. #9ea1eb
  4. #eb9ec8

Monochromatic

  1. #c7c129
  2. #ded95f
  3. #ebe89e
  4. #f8f7dd
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#ebe89e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #d4d18e
  3. #bcba7e
  4. #a5a26f
  5. #8d8b5f
  6. #76744f
  7. #5e5d3f
  8. #47462f
  9. #2f2e20
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe89e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #edeaa8
  3. #efedb1
  4. #f1efbb
  5. #f3f1c5
  6. #f5f4cf
  7. #f7f6d8
  8. #f9f8e2
  9. #fbfaec
  10. #fdfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe89e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe89e
  2. #e0de9b
  3. #d6d398
  4. #cbc995
  5. #c0be92
  6. #b6b48f
  7. #abaa8c
  8. #a09f89
  9. #959586
  10. #8b8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e6cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4e299 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e6a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6dfd5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e59b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e7a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e3c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe89e {
  color: #ebe89e;
}
Background
.bg-ebe89e {
  background-color: #ebe89e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe89e {
  border: 2px solid #ebe89e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe89e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 232 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 66% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe89e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe89e, #c8eb9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe89e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 232 158 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.48 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.43 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.60 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.51 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.90 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.94 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.04 #141761 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ebe89e  rgb(235, 232, 158)  hsl(58, 66%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9ea1eb  rgb(158, 161, 235)  hsl(238, 66%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9eebe8  rgb(158, 235, 232)  hsl(178, 66%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e89eeb  rgb(232, 158, 235)  hsl(298, 66%, 77%)  Plum