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#EBE8BD

#ebe8bd ≈ Blond

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ebe8bd is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 90.98% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.28% magenta, 19.57% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 56.09°, with 53.49% saturation and 83.14% 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 16.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blond (#faf0be), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.7905

Complementary

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #bdc0eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #bdd7eb
  3. #d1bdeb

Analogous

  1. #ebd1bd
  2. #ebe8bd
  3. #d7ebbd

Triadic

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #bdebe8
  3. #e8bdeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #c0ebbd
  3. #bdc0eb
  4. #e8bdeb

Square

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #bdebd1
  3. #bdc0eb
  4. #ebbdd7

Monochromatic

  1. #c7bf48
  2. #d9d482
  3. #ebe8bd
  4. #fafaef
  5. #fafaef

Shades

#ebe8bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #d4d1aa
  3. #bcba97
  4. #a5a284
  5. #8d8b71
  6. #76745f
  7. #5e5d4c
  8. #474639
  9. #2f2e26
  10. #181713
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe8bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #edeac4
  3. #efedca
  4. #f1efd1
  5. #f3f1d7
  6. #f5f4de
  7. #f7f6e5
  8. #f9f8eb
  9. #fbfaf2
  10. #fdfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe8bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe8bd
  2. #e0deb7
  3. #d6d3b1
  4. #cbc9ab
  5. #c0bea5
  6. #b6b49f
  7. #abaa98
  8. #a09f92
  9. #95958c
  10. #8b8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e7d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0e5ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1e7be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2e2dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eee6bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efe7be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efe4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe8bd {
  color: #ebe8bd;
}
Background
.bg-ebe8bd {
  background-color: #ebe8bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe8bd {
  border: 2px solid #ebe8bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe8bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 232 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe8bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe8bd, #d7ebbd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe8bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 232 189 / 0.35);
}

#faf0be Blond ΔE 3.38 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 3.91 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 3.94 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 4.35 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.44 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.85 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 6.00 #141742 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Blond
#ebe8bd  rgb(235, 232, 189)  hsl(56, 53%, 83%)  Blond
#bdc0eb  rgb(189, 192, 235)  hsl(236, 53%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#bdebe8  rgb(189, 235, 232)  hsl(176, 53%, 83%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8bdeb  rgb(232, 189, 235)  hsl(296, 53%, 83%)  Thistle