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#E5CE99

#e5ce99 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e5ce99 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 80.78% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.04% magenta, 33.19% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 41.84°, with 59.38% saturation and 74.9% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 4.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.631

Complementary

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #99b0e5

Split complementary

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #99d6e5
  3. #a899e5

Analogous

  1. #e5a899
  2. #e5ce99
  3. #d6e599

Triadic

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #99e5ce
  3. #ce99e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #b0e599
  3. #99b0e5
  4. #ce99e5

Square

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #99e5a8
  3. #99b0e5
  4. #e599d6

Monochromatic

  1. #b68d2f
  2. #d5b15c
  3. #e5ce99
  4. #f5ebd6
  5. #fbf7ef

Shades

#e5ce99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #ceb98a
  3. #b7a57a
  4. #a0906b
  5. #897c5c
  6. #73674d
  7. #5c523d
  8. #453e2e
  9. #2e291f
  10. #17150f
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5ce99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #e8d3a3
  3. #ead8ad
  4. #edddb8
  5. #efe2c2
  6. #f2e7cc
  7. #f5ebd6
  8. #f7f0e0
  9. #faf5eb
  10. #fcfaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5ce99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5ce99
  2. #dbc697
  3. #d1be94
  4. #c7b792
  5. #bdaf8f
  6. #b3a78d
  7. #a89f8a
  8. #9e9788
  9. #949085
  10. #8a8883
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9cfbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dacc95 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0d39b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1c5c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfcd97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2d19a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecc9b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5ce99 {
  color: #e5ce99;
}
Background
.bg-e5ce99 {
  background-color: #e5ce99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5ce99 {
  border: 2px solid #e5ce99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5ce99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 206 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 59% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5ce99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5ce99, #d6e599);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5ce99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 206 153 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 4.64 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 5.28 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 5.58 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 5.64 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 5.75 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.83 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.09 #1a3166 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Wheat
#e5ce99  rgb(229, 206, 153)  hsl(42, 59%, 75%)  Wheat
#99b0e5  rgb(153, 176, 229)  hsl(222, 59%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#99e5ce  rgb(153, 229, 206)  hsl(162, 59%, 75%)  Magic Mint
#ce99e5  rgb(206, 153, 229)  hsl(282, 59%, 75%)  Wisteria