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#FFECA4

#ffeca4 ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffeca4 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 92.55% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 35.69% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 47.47°, with 100% saturation and 82.16% 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 17.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.8393

Complementary

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #a4b7ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #a4e5ff
  3. #bfa4ff

Analogous

  1. #ffbfa4
  2. #ffeca4
  3. #e5ffa4

Triadic

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #a4ffec
  3. #eca4ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #b7ffa4
  3. #a4b7ff
  4. #eca4ff

Square

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #a4ffbf
  3. #a4b7ff
  4. #ffa4e5

Monochromatic

  1. #ffcc0b
  2. #ffdc58
  3. #ffeca4
  4. #fffbeb
  5. #fffbeb

Shades

#ffeca4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #e6d494
  3. #ccbd83
  4. #b3a573
  5. #998e62
  6. #807652
  7. #665e42
  8. #4d4731
  9. #332f21
  10. #1a1810
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffeca4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #ffeead
  3. #fff0b6
  4. #fff2bf
  5. #fff4c8
  6. #fff6d2
  7. #fff7db
  8. #fff9e4
  9. #fffbed
  10. #fffdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffeca4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffeca4
  2. #f2e1a0
  3. #e6d69d
  4. #d9cc99
  5. #ccc196
  6. #c0b692
  7. #b3ab8e
  8. #a6a08b
  9. #999687
  10. #8d8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f4ecd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fae89f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffefa7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe2d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fceaa1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffeea6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffeca4 {
  color: #ffeca4;
}
Background
.bg-ffeca4 {
  background-color: #ffeca4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffeca4 {
  border: 2px solid #ffeca4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffeca4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 236 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 100% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffeca4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffeca4, #e5ffa4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffeca4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 236 164 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.34 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.34 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.54 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.84 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.94 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.14 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.25 #00135b Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Vanilla
#ffeca4  rgb(255, 236, 164)  hsl(47, 100%, 82%)  Vanilla
#a4b7ff  rgb(164, 183, 255)  hsl(227, 100%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#a4ffec  rgb(164, 255, 236)  hsl(167, 100%, 82%)  Magic Mint
#eca4ff  rgb(236, 164, 255)  hsl(287, 100%, 82%)  Mauve