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#ECEAA3

#eceaa3 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eceaa3 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 91.76% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 30.93% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 58.36°, with 65.77% saturation and 78.24% 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 16.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.08.

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Relative luminance0.7932

Complementary

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #a3a5ec

Split complementary

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #a3caec
  3. #c6a3ec

Analogous

  1. #ecc6a3
  2. #eceaa3
  3. #caeca3

Triadic

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #a3ecea
  3. #eaa3ec

Tetradic

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #a5eca3
  3. #a3a5ec
  4. #eaa3ec

Square

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #a3ecc6
  3. #a3a5ec
  4. #eca3ca

Monochromatic

  1. #ccc72a
  2. #dfdc64
  3. #eceaa3
  4. #f9f8e2
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#eceaa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #d4d393
  3. #bdbb82
  4. #a5a472
  5. #8e8c62
  6. #767552
  7. #5e5e41
  8. #474631
  9. #2f2f21
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#eceaa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #eeecac
  3. #f0eeb5
  4. #f2f0bf
  5. #f4f2c8
  6. #f6f5d1
  7. #f7f7da
  8. #f9f9e3
  9. #fbfbed
  10. #fdfdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eceaa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eceaa3
  2. #e1dfa0
  3. #d6d59c
  4. #ccca99
  5. #c1c095
  6. #b6b592
  7. #abaa8e
  8. #a0a08b
  9. #969587
  10. #8b8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6e49e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7e8a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6e1d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e7a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e9a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e5c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eceaa3 {
  color: #eceaa3;
}
Background
.bg-eceaa3 {
  background-color: #eceaa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eceaa3 {
  border: 2px solid #eceaa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eceaa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 234 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 66% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eceaa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eceaa3, #caeca3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eceaa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 234 163 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.08 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.12 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.48 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.44 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.20 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.21 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.57 #13155c Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#eceaa3  rgb(236, 234, 163)  hsl(58, 66%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a3a5ec  rgb(163, 165, 236)  hsl(238, 66%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a3ecea  rgb(163, 236, 234)  hsl(178, 66%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#eaa3ec  rgb(234, 163, 236)  hsl(298, 66%, 78%)  Plum