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#F4E2B5

#f4e2b5 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#f4e2b5 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 88.63% green and 70.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.38% magenta, 25.82% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 42.86°, with 74.12% saturation and 83.33% 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 16.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 2.15.

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Relative luminance0.7696

Complementary

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #b5c7f4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #b5e6f4
  3. #c2b5f4

Analogous

  1. #f4c2b5
  2. #f4e2b5
  3. #e6f4b5

Triadic

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #b5f4e2
  3. #e2b5f4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #c7f4b5
  3. #b5c7f4
  4. #e2b5f4

Square

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #b5f4c2
  3. #b5c7f4
  4. #f4b5e6

Monochromatic

  1. #e0ae30
  2. #eac872
  3. #f4e2b5
  4. #fcf8ed
  5. #fcf8ed

Shades

#f4e2b5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #dccba3
  3. #c3b591
  4. #ab9e7f
  5. #92886d
  6. #7a715b
  7. #625a48
  8. #494436
  9. #312d24
  10. #181712
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e2b5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #f5e5bc
  3. #f6e8c4
  4. #f7ebcb
  5. #f8eed3
  6. #faf1da
  7. #fbf3e1
  8. #fcf6e9
  9. #fdf9f0
  10. #fefcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e2b5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e2b5
  2. #e8d8b0
  3. #ddceaa
  4. #d1c5a5
  5. #c6bba0
  6. #bab19b
  7. #aea795
  8. #a39d90
  9. #97948b
  10. #8c8a85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae3d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ede0b2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1e5b6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fedbd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0e1b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e4b6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fadec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e2b5 {
  color: #f4e2b5;
}
Background
.bg-f4e2b5 {
  background-color: #f4e2b5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e2b5 {
  border: 2px solid #f4e2b5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e2b5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 226 181;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 74% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e2b5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e2b5, #e6f4b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e2b5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 226 181 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 2.15 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 2.77 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 3.09 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.61 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.18 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.82 #ffebcd Blanched Almond ΔE 5.39 #0b1d4a Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Wheat
#f4e2b5  rgb(244, 226, 181)  hsl(43, 74%, 83%)  Wheat
#b5c7f4  rgb(181, 199, 244)  hsl(223, 74%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#b5f4e2  rgb(181, 244, 226)  hsl(163, 74%, 83%)  Magic Mint
#e2b5f4  rgb(226, 181, 244)  hsl(283, 74%, 83%)  Mauve