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#E4E2CA

#e4e2ca ≈ Eggshell

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e2ca is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 88.63% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.88% magenta, 11.4% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 55.38°, with 32.5% saturation and 84.31% 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 16.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Eggshell (#f0ead6), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.7515

Complementary

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cacce4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cad9e4
  3. #d5cae4

Analogous

  1. #e4d5ca
  2. #e4e2ca
  3. #d9e4ca

Triadic

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cae4e2
  3. #e2cae4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cce4ca
  3. #cacce4
  4. #e2cae4

Square

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cae4d5
  3. #cacce4
  4. #e4cad9

Monochromatic

  1. #b0ab65
  2. #cac697
  3. #e4e2ca
  4. #f8f8f1
  5. #f8f8f1

Shades

#e4e2ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #cdcbb6
  3. #b6b5a2
  4. #a09e8d
  5. #898879
  6. #727165
  7. #5b5a51
  8. #44443d
  9. #2e2d28
  10. #171714
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e2ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #e7e5cf
  3. #e9e8d5
  4. #ecebda
  5. #efeedf
  6. #f2f1e5
  7. #f4f3ea
  8. #f7f6ef
  9. #faf9f4
  10. #fcfcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e2ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e2ca
  2. #dad8c3
  3. #d0cebb
  4. #c6c5b4
  5. #bcbbac
  6. #b2b1a5
  7. #a8a79e
  8. #9e9d96
  9. #94948f
  10. #8a8a87
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e1d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e0c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8e2cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8dfdb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6e1c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6e2ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7e0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e2ca {
  color: #e4e2ca;
}
Background
.bg-e4e2ca {
  background-color: #e4e2ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e2ca {
  border: 2px solid #e4e2ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e2ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 226 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 33% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e2ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e2ca, #d9e4ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e2ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 226 202 / 0.35);
}

#f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 3.29 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 3.70 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 4.07 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 4.98 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 5.33 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 6.36 #fff8e7 Cosmic Latte ΔE 6.39 #1b1d35 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Eggshell
#e4e2ca  rgb(228, 226, 202)  hsl(55, 33%, 84%)  Eggshell
#cacce4  rgb(202, 204, 228)  hsl(235, 33%, 84%)  Languid Lavender
#cae4e2  rgb(202, 228, 226)  hsl(175, 33%, 84%)  Light Cyan
#e2cae4  rgb(226, 202, 228)  hsl(295, 33%, 84%)  Thistle