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#EBE8A5

#ebe8a5 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebe8a5 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 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.28% magenta, 29.79% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.43°, with 63.64% saturation and 78.43% 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 16.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 1.34.

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Relative luminance0.7809

Complementary

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #a5a8eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #a5cbeb
  3. #c5a5eb

Analogous

  1. #ebc5a5
  2. #ebe8a5
  3. #cbeba5

Triadic

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #a5ebe8
  3. #e8a5eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #a8eba5
  3. #a5a8eb
  4. #e8a5eb

Square

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #a5ebc5
  3. #a5a8eb
  4. #eba5cb

Monochromatic

  1. #cac32d
  2. #ddd866
  3. #ebe8a5
  4. #f9f8e4
  5. #fbfbee

Shades

#ebe8a5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #d4d195
  3. #bcba84
  4. #a5a274
  5. #8d8b63
  6. #767453
  7. #5e5d42
  8. #474632
  9. #2f2e21
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe8a5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #edeaae
  3. #efedb7
  4. #f1efc0
  5. #f3f1c9
  6. #f5f4d2
  7. #f7f6db
  8. #f9f8e4
  9. #fbfaed
  10. #fdfdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe8a5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe8a5
  2. #e0dea1
  3. #d6d39e
  4. #cbc99a
  5. #c0be96
  6. #b6b493
  7. #abaa8f
  8. #a09f8b
  9. #959587
  10. #8b8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3e3a0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5e6a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5dfd7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0e5a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1e7a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1e3c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe8a5 {
  color: #ebe8a5;
}
Background
.bg-ebe8a5 {
  background-color: #ebe8a5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe8a5 {
  border: 2px solid #ebe8a5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe8a5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 232 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 64% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe8a5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe8a5, #cbeba5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe8a5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 232 165 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 1.34 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.85 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.58 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.87 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.31 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 6.51 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.64 #14175a Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ebe8a5  rgb(235, 232, 165)  hsl(57, 64%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a5a8eb  rgb(165, 168, 235)  hsl(237, 64%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a5ebe8  rgb(165, 235, 232)  hsl(177, 64%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8a5eb  rgb(232, 165, 235)  hsl(297, 64%, 78%)  Plum