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#E8EA8A

#e8ea8a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8ea8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 91.76% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 41.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 61.25°, with 69.57% saturation and 72.94% 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 16.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.7784

Complementary

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #8c8aea

Split complementary

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #8ab8ea
  3. #bc8aea

Analogous

  1. #eabc8a
  2. #e8ea8a
  3. #b8ea8a

Triadic

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #8ae8ea
  3. #ea8ae8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #8aea8c
  3. #8c8aea
  4. #ea8ae8

Square

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #8aeabc
  3. #8c8aea
  4. #ea8ab8

Monochromatic

  1. #b7ba21
  2. #dbde49
  3. #e8ea8a
  4. #f5f6cb
  5. #fcfcee

Shades

#e8ea8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #d1d37c
  3. #babb6e
  4. #a2a461
  5. #8b8c53
  6. #747545
  7. #5d5e37
  8. #464629
  9. #2e2f1c
  10. #17170e
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ea8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #eaec96
  3. #edeea1
  4. #eff0ad
  5. #f1f2b9
  6. #f4f5c5
  7. #f6f7d0
  8. #f8f9dc
  9. #fafbe8
  10. #fdfdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ea8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ea8a
  2. #dedf89
  3. #d3d588
  4. #c9ca87
  5. #bec086
  6. #b4b585
  7. #aaaa84
  8. #9fa083
  9. #959582
  10. #8a8b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e7c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8e382 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9e68e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4dfd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e685 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e88d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efe4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ea8a {
  color: #e8ea8a;
}
Background
.bg-e8ea8a {
  background-color: #e8ea8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ea8a {
  border: 2px solid #e8ea8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ea8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ea8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea8a, #b8ea8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ea8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 138 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.22 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.14 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.14 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.85 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.20 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.35 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 7.65 #171575 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Khaki
#e8ea8a  rgb(232, 234, 138)  hsl(61, 70%, 73%)  Khaki
#8c8aea  rgb(140, 138, 234)  hsl(241, 70%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#8ae8ea  rgb(138, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 70%, 73%)  Electric Blue
#ea8ae8  rgb(234, 138, 232)  hsl(301, 70%, 73%)  Violet