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#E2CA8A

#e2ca8a ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e2ca8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 79.22% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.62% magenta, 38.94% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.64°, with 60.27% saturation and 71.37% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6024

Complementary

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #8aa2e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #8acee2
  3. #9e8ae2

Analogous

  1. #e29e8a
  2. #e2ca8a
  3. #cee28a

Triadic

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #8ae2ca
  3. #ca8ae2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #a2e28a
  3. #8aa2e2
  4. #ca8ae2

Square

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #8ae29e
  3. #8aa2e2
  4. #e28ace

Monochromatic

  1. #a9862a
  2. #d3ae4d
  3. #e2ca8a
  4. #f1e6c7
  5. #fbf8ef

Shades

#e2ca8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #cbb67c
  3. #b5a26e
  4. #9e8d61
  5. #887953
  6. #716545
  7. #5a5137
  8. #443d29
  9. #2d281c
  10. #17140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ca8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #e5cf96
  3. #e8d5a1
  4. #ebdaad
  5. #eedfb9
  6. #f1e5c5
  7. #f3ead0
  8. #f6efdc
  9. #f9f4e8
  10. #fcfaf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ca8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ca8a
  2. #d8c389
  3. #cebb88
  4. #c5b487
  5. #bbac86
  6. #b1a585
  7. #a79e84
  8. #9d9683
  9. #948f82
  10. #8a8781
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5cbb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c885 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #decf8c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efc0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc987 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0cd8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac4a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ca8a {
  color: #e2ca8a;
}
Background
.bg-e2ca8a {
  background-color: #e2ca8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ca8a {
  border: 2px solid #e2ca8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ca8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 202 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 60% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ca8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ca8a, #cee28a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ca8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 202 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.20 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.34 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 6.69 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.94 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 6.99 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.99 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.30 #1d3575 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Buff
#e2ca8a  rgb(226, 202, 138)  hsl(44, 60%, 71%)  Buff
#8aa2e2  rgb(138, 162, 226)  hsl(224, 60%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#8ae2ca  rgb(138, 226, 202)  hsl(164, 60%, 71%)  Seafoam Green
#ca8ae2  rgb(202, 138, 226)  hsl(284, 60%, 71%)  Floral Lavender