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#E4E8A2

#e4e8a2 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e8a2 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.98% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 30.17% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 63.43°, with 60.34% saturation and 77.25% 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 16.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.7682

Complementary

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #a6a2e8

Split complementary

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #a2c1e8
  3. #c9a2e8

Analogous

  1. #e8c9a2
  2. #e4e8a2
  3. #c1e8a2

Triadic

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #a2e4e8
  3. #e8a2e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #a2e8a6
  3. #a6a2e8
  4. #e8a2e4

Square

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #a2e8c9
  3. #a6a2e8
  4. #e8a2c1

Monochromatic

  1. #b9c130
  2. #d2d965
  3. #e4e8a2
  4. #f6f7df
  5. #fafbef

Shades

#e4e8a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #cdd192
  3. #b6ba82
  4. #a0a271
  5. #898b61
  6. #727451
  7. #5b5d41
  8. #444631
  9. #2e2e20
  10. #171710
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e8a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #e7eaab
  3. #e9edb5
  4. #ecefbe
  5. #eff1c7
  6. #f2f4d1
  7. #f4f6da
  8. #f7f8e3
  9. #fafaec
  10. #fcfdf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e8a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e8a2
  2. #dade9f
  3. #d0d39b
  4. #c6c998
  5. #bcbe94
  6. #b2b491
  7. #a8aa8e
  8. #9e9f8a
  9. #949587
  10. #8a8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e5cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3e29d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f3e4a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ede0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ede49f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ede6a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eae3c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e8a2 {
  color: #e4e8a2;
}
Background
.bg-e4e8a2 {
  background-color: #e4e8a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e8a2 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e8a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e8a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 232 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 60% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e8a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e8a2, #c1e8a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e8a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 232 162 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.21 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.35 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.79 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.45 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.98 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.42 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 7.56 #1b175d Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#e4e8a2  rgb(228, 232, 162)  hsl(63, 60%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#a6a2e8  rgb(166, 162, 232)  hsl(243, 60%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a2e4e8  rgb(162, 228, 232)  hsl(183, 60%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8a2e4  rgb(232, 162, 228)  hsl(303, 60%, 77%)  Plum