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#E4E2CD

#e4e2cd ≈ Eggshell

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e4e2cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.88% magenta, 10.09% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 54.78°, with 29.87% 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 16.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Eggshell (#f0ead6), ΔE 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.7529

Complementary

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cdcfe4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cddae4
  3. #d6cde4

Analogous

  1. #e4d6cd
  2. #e4e2cd
  3. #dae4cd

Triadic

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cde4e2
  3. #e2cde4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cfe4cd
  3. #cdcfe4
  4. #e2cde4

Square

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cde4d6
  3. #cdcfe4
  4. #e4cdda

Monochromatic

  1. #aea86a
  2. #c9c59b
  3. #e4e2cd
  4. #f8f7f2
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#e4e2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #cdcbb9
  3. #b6b5a4
  4. #a09e90
  5. #89887b
  6. #727167
  7. #5b5a52
  8. #44443e
  9. #2e2d29
  10. #171715
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #e7e5d2
  3. #e9e8d7
  4. #ecebdc
  5. #efeee1
  6. #f2f1e6
  7. #f4f3eb
  8. #f7f6f0
  9. #faf9f5
  10. #fcfcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e2cd
  2. #dad8c5
  3. #d0cebe
  4. #c6c5b6
  5. #bcbbae
  6. #b2b1a7
  7. #a8a79f
  8. #9e9d97
  9. #94948f
  10. #8a8a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e1d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e0cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7e2ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8dfdc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5e1cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6e2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6e0d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e2cd {
  color: #e4e2cd;
}
Background
.bg-e4e2cd {
  background-color: #e4e2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e2cd {
  border: 2px solid #e4e2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 226 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 30% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e2cd, #dae4cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 226 205 / 0.35);
}

#f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 2.79 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 3.59 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 4.26 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 4.33 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 5.53 #fff8e7 Cosmic Latte ΔE 5.88 #fdf5e6 Old Lace ΔE 6.12 #1b1d32 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Eggshell
#e4e2cd  rgb(228, 226, 205)  hsl(55, 30%, 85%)  Eggshell
#cdcfe4  rgb(205, 207, 228)  hsl(235, 30%, 85%)  Lavender
#cde4e2  rgb(205, 228, 226)  hsl(175, 30%, 85%)  Light Cyan
#e2cde4  rgb(226, 205, 228)  hsl(295, 30%, 85%)  Thistle