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#ECD69B

#ecd69b ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ecd69b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 83.92% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.32% magenta, 34.32% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.7°, with 68.07% saturation and 76.67% 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 14.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6829

Complementary

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #9bb1ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #9bdaec
  3. #ae9bec

Analogous

  1. #ecae9b
  2. #ecd69b
  3. #daec9b

Triadic

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #9becd6
  3. #d69bec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #b1ec9b
  3. #9bb1ec
  4. #d69bec

Square

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #9becae
  3. #9bb1ec
  4. #ec9bda

Monochromatic

  1. #c89c26
  2. #e0bc5b
  3. #ecd69b
  4. #f8f0db
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#ecd69b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #d4c18c
  3. #bdab7c
  4. #a5966d
  5. #8e805d
  6. #766b4e
  7. #5e563e
  8. #47402f
  9. #2f2b1f
  10. #181510
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd69b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #eedaa5
  3. #f0deaf
  4. #f2e2b9
  5. #f4e6c3
  6. #f6ebcd
  7. #f7efd7
  8. #f9f3e1
  9. #fbf7eb
  10. #fdfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd69b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd69b
  2. #e1cd98
  3. #d6c596
  4. #ccbc93
  5. #c1b490
  6. #b6ab8e
  7. #aba28b
  8. #a09a88
  9. #969185
  10. #8b8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0d7c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3d497 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9da9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8cdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d599 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ead99c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d0b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd69b {
  color: #ecd69b;
}
Background
.bg-ecd69b {
  background-color: #ecd69b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd69b {
  border: 2px solid #ecd69b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd69b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 214 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 68% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd69b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd69b, #daec9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd69b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 214 155 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.95 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 4.57 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.75 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 5.13 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 5.42 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 5.77 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.89 #132964 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Vanilla
#ecd69b  rgb(236, 214, 155)  hsl(44, 68%, 77%)  Vanilla
#9bb1ec  rgb(155, 177, 236)  hsl(224, 68%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9becd6  rgb(155, 236, 214)  hsl(164, 68%, 77%)  Magic Mint
#d69bec  rgb(214, 155, 236)  hsl(284, 68%, 77%)  Wisteria