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#F4E4BD

#f4e4bd ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#f4e4bd 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, 89.41% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.56% magenta, 22.54% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 42.55°, with 71.43% saturation and 84.9% 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 16.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 2.72.

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Relative luminance0.7839

Complementary

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #bdcdf4

Split complementary

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #bde8f4
  3. #c8bdf4

Analogous

  1. #f4c8bd
  2. #f4e4bd
  3. #e8f4bd

Triadic

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #bdf4e4
  3. #e4bdf4

Tetradic

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #cdf4bd
  3. #bdcdf4
  4. #e4bdf4

Square

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #bdf4c8
  3. #bdcdf4
  4. #f4bde8

Monochromatic

  1. #deae3a
  2. #e9c97b
  3. #f4e4bd
  4. #fcf8ee
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#f4e4bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #dccdaa
  3. #c3b697
  4. #aba084
  5. #928971
  6. #7a725f
  7. #625b4c
  8. #494439
  9. #312e26
  10. #181713
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4e4bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #f5e7c4
  3. #f6e9ca
  4. #f7ecd1
  5. #f8efd7
  6. #faf2de
  7. #fbf4e5
  8. #fcf7eb
  9. #fdfaf2
  10. #fefcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4e4bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4e4bd
  2. #e8dab7
  3. #ddd0b1
  4. #d1c6ab
  5. #c6bca5
  6. #bab29f
  7. #aea898
  8. #a39e92
  9. #97948c
  10. #8c8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ebe5d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ede2bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2e7be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdddd9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0e3bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e6be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fae0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4e4bd {
  color: #f4e4bd;
}
Background
.bg-f4e4bd {
  background-color: #f4e4bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4e4bd {
  border: 2px solid #f4e4bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4e4bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 228 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 71% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4e4bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4e4bd, #e8f4bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4e4bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 228 189 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 2.72 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 3.72 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 3.83 #ffebcd Blanched Almond ΔE 4.23 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.48 #f7e7ce Champagne ΔE 4.67 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 4.67 #0b1b42 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Wheat
#f4e4bd  rgb(244, 228, 189)  hsl(43, 71%, 85%)  Wheat
#bdcdf4  rgb(189, 205, 244)  hsl(223, 71%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#bdf4e4  rgb(189, 244, 228)  hsl(163, 71%, 85%)  Magic Mint
#e4bdf4  rgb(228, 189, 244)  hsl(283, 71%, 85%)  Mauve