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#EBEAAA

#ebeaaa ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebeaaa is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 91.76% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.43% magenta, 27.66% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 59.08°, 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 16.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 1.52.

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Relative luminance0.7941

Complementary

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #aaabeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #aacbeb
  3. #c9aaeb

Analogous

  1. #ebc9aa
  2. #ebeaaa
  3. #cbebaa

Triadic

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #aaebea
  3. #eaaaeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #abebaa
  3. #aaabeb
  4. #eaaaeb

Square

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #aaebc9
  3. #aaabeb
  4. #ebaacb

Monochromatic

  1. #ccca30
  2. #dcdb6c
  3. #ebeaaa
  4. #faf9e8
  5. #fbfbee

Shades

#ebeaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #d4d399
  3. #bcbb88
  4. #a5a477
  5. #8d8c66
  6. #767555
  7. #5e5e44
  8. #474633
  9. #2f2f22
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebeaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #edecb3
  3. #efeebb
  4. #f1f0c4
  5. #f3f2cc
  6. #f5f5d5
  7. #f7f7dd
  8. #f9f9e6
  9. #fbfbee
  10. #fdfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebeaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebeaaa
  2. #e0dfa6
  3. #d6d5a2
  4. #cbca9d
  5. #c0c099
  6. #b6b595
  7. #abaa91
  8. #a0a08d
  9. #959588
  10. #8b8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e8d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5e5a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e8ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4e2d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e7a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e9ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1e5c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebeaaa {
  color: #ebeaaa;
}
Background
.bg-ebeaaa {
  background-color: #ebeaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebeaaa {
  border: 2px solid #ebeaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebeaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 234 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 62% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebeaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebeaaa, #cbebaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebeaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 234 170 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 1.52 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.17 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.59 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.44 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.90 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.12 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 6.73 #141555 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ebeaaa  rgb(235, 234, 170)  hsl(59, 62%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#aaabeb  rgb(170, 171, 235)  hsl(239, 62%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aaebea  rgb(170, 235, 234)  hsl(179, 62%, 79%)  Pale Turquoise
#eaaaeb  rgb(234, 170, 235)  hsl(299, 62%, 79%)  Plum