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#EDE79D

#ede79d ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ede79d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 90.59% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 33.76% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 55.5°, with 68.97% saturation and 77.25% 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 16.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.37.

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Relative luminance0.7759

Complementary

  1. #ede79d
  2. #9da3ed

Split complementary

  1. #ede79d
  2. #9dcbed
  3. #bf9ded

Analogous

  1. #edbf9d
  2. #ede79d
  3. #cbed9d

Triadic

  1. #ede79d
  2. #9dede7
  3. #e79ded

Tetradic

  1. #ede79d
  2. #a3ed9d
  3. #9da3ed
  4. #e79ded

Square

  1. #ede79d
  2. #9dedbf
  3. #9da3ed
  4. #ed9dcb

Monochromatic

  1. #ccbf25
  2. #e1d75c
  3. #ede79d
  4. #f9f7de
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#ede79d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ede79d
  2. #d5d08d
  3. #beb97e
  4. #a6a26e
  5. #8e8b5e
  6. #77744f
  7. #5f5c3f
  8. #47452f
  9. #2f2e1f
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#ede79d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ede79d
  2. #efe9a7
  3. #f1ecb1
  4. #f2eeba
  5. #f4f1c4
  6. #f6f3ce
  7. #f8f5d8
  8. #faf8e2
  9. #fbfaeb
  10. #fdfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ede79d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ede79d
  2. #e2dd9a
  3. #d7d297
  4. #ccc894
  5. #c1be91
  6. #b7b48f
  7. #aca98c
  8. #a19f89
  9. #969586
  10. #8b8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4e298 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e6a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8ded4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e49a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e69f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4e1c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ede79d {
  color: #ede79d;
}
Background
.bg-ede79d {
  background-color: #ede79d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ede79d {
  border: 2px solid #ede79d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ede79d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 231 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 69% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ede79d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ede79d, #cbed9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ede79d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 231 157 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.37 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.98 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.05 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.83 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.18 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.74 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.21 #121862 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ede79d  rgb(237, 231, 157)  hsl(56, 69%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9da3ed  rgb(157, 163, 237)  hsl(236, 69%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9dede7  rgb(157, 237, 231)  hsl(176, 69%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e79ded  rgb(231, 157, 237)  hsl(296, 69%, 77%)  Plum