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#ECEAA4

#eceaa4 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eceaa4 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 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 30.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 58.33°, with 65.45% saturation and 78.43% 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 16.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 1.93.

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Relative luminance0.7936

Complementary

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #a4a6ec

Split complementary

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #a4caec
  3. #c6a4ec

Analogous

  1. #ecc6a4
  2. #eceaa4
  3. #caeca4

Triadic

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #a4ecea
  3. #eaa4ec

Tetradic

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #a6eca4
  3. #a4a6ec
  4. #eaa4ec

Square

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #a4ecc6
  3. #a4a6ec
  4. #eca4ca

Monochromatic

  1. #ccc82b
  2. #dfdb65
  3. #eceaa4
  4. #f9f9e3
  5. #fbfbee

Shades

#eceaa4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #d4d394
  3. #bdbb83
  4. #a5a473
  5. #8e8c62
  6. #767552
  7. #5e5e42
  8. #474631
  9. #2f2f21
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#eceaa4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #eeecad
  3. #f0eeb6
  4. #f2f0bf
  5. #f4f2c8
  6. #f6f5d2
  7. #f7f7db
  8. #f9f9e4
  9. #fbfbed
  10. #fdfdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eceaa4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eceaa4
  2. #e1dfa0
  3. #d6d59d
  4. #ccca99
  5. #c1c096
  6. #b6b592
  7. #abaa8e
  8. #a0a08b
  9. #969587
  10. #8b8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6e59f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7e8a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6e1d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e7a1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e9a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e5c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eceaa4 {
  color: #eceaa4;
}
Background
.bg-eceaa4 {
  background-color: #eceaa4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eceaa4 {
  border: 2px solid #eceaa4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eceaa4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 234 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 65% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eceaa4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eceaa4, #caeca4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eceaa4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 234 164 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 1.93 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.28 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.38 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.29 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.31 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.36 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.67 #13155b Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#eceaa4  rgb(236, 234, 164)  hsl(58, 65%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a4a6ec  rgb(164, 166, 236)  hsl(238, 65%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a4ecea  rgb(164, 236, 234)  hsl(178, 65%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#eaa4ec  rgb(234, 164, 236)  hsl(298, 65%, 78%)  Plum