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#ECDEB8

#ecdeb8 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ecdeb8 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 87.06% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.93% magenta, 22.03% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 43.85°, with 57.78% saturation and 82.35% 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 15.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 3.26.

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Relative luminance0.7354

Complementary

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #b8c6ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #b8e0ec
  3. #c4b8ec

Analogous

  1. #ecc4b8
  2. #ecdeb8
  3. #e0ecb8

Triadic

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #b8ecde
  3. #deb8ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #c6ecb8
  3. #b8c6ec
  4. #deb8ec

Square

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #b8ecc4
  3. #b8c6ec
  4. #ecb8e0

Monochromatic

  1. #cca63f
  2. #dcc27c
  3. #ecdeb8
  4. #fbf8ef
  5. #fbf8ef

Shades

#ecdeb8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #d4c8a6
  3. #bdb293
  4. #a59b81
  5. #8e856e
  6. #766f5c
  7. #5e594a
  8. #474337
  9. #2f2c25
  10. #181612
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecdeb8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #eee1bf
  3. #f0e5c6
  4. #f2e8cd
  5. #f4ebd4
  6. #f6efdc
  7. #f7f2e3
  8. #f9f5ea
  9. #fbf8f1
  10. #fdfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecdeb8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecdeb8
  2. #e1d5b2
  3. #d6cbad
  4. #ccc2a7
  5. #c1b8a2
  6. #b6af9c
  7. #aba696
  8. #a09c91
  9. #96938b
  10. #8b8986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4ded0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7dcb6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebe0b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5d8d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9ddb7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebdfb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1dac9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecdeb8 {
  color: #ecdeb8;
}
Background
.bg-ecdeb8 {
  background-color: #ecdeb8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecdeb8 {
  border: 2px solid #ecdeb8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecdeb8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 222 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 58% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecdeb8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecdeb8, #e0ecb8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecdeb8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 222 184 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 3.26 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 4.29 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.76 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 4.86 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.08 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.10 #f7e7ce Champagne ΔE 5.21 #132147 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Wheat
#ecdeb8  rgb(236, 222, 184)  hsl(44, 58%, 82%)  Wheat
#b8c6ec  rgb(184, 198, 236)  hsl(224, 58%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#b8ecde  rgb(184, 236, 222)  hsl(164, 58%, 82%)  Pale Turquoise
#deb8ec  rgb(222, 184, 236)  hsl(284, 58%, 82%)  Mauve