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#EADC8A

#eadc8a ≈ Flax

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eadc8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 86.27% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.98% magenta, 41.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 51.25°, 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 15.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Flax (#eedc82), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7051

Complementary

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #8a98ea

Split complementary

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #8ac8ea
  3. #ac8aea

Analogous

  1. #eaac8a
  2. #eadc8a
  3. #c8ea8a

Triadic

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #8aeadc
  3. #dc8aea

Tetradic

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #98ea8a
  3. #8a98ea
  4. #dc8aea

Square

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #8aeaac
  3. #8a98ea
  4. #ea8ac8

Monochromatic

  1. #baa321
  2. #dec949
  3. #eadc8a
  4. #f6efcb
  5. #fcfaee

Shades

#eadc8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #d3c67c
  3. #bbb06e
  4. #a49a61
  5. #8c8453
  6. #756e45
  7. #5e5837
  8. #464229
  9. #2f2c1c
  10. #17160e
  11. #000000

Tints

#eadc8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #ece096
  3. #eee3a1
  4. #f0e7ad
  5. #f2eab9
  6. #f5eec5
  7. #f7f1d0
  8. #f9f5dc
  9. #fbf8e8
  10. #fdfcf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eadc8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eadc8a
  2. #dfd389
  3. #d5ca88
  4. #cac087
  5. #c0b786
  6. #b5ae85
  7. #aaa584
  8. #a09c83
  9. #959282
  10. #8b8981
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1dbc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ead784 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efdd8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7d1c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ead986 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eddd8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2d6b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eadc8a {
  color: #eadc8a;
}
Background
.bg-eadc8a {
  background-color: #eadc8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eadc8a {
  border: 2px solid #eadc8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eadc8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 220 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eadc8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eadc8a, #c8ea8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eadc8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 220 138 / 0.35);
}

#eedc82 Flax ΔE 1.68 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 2.07 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.60 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.88 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 3.93 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.11 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.18 #152375 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Flax
#eadc8a  rgb(234, 220, 138)  hsl(51, 70%, 73%)  Flax
#8a98ea  rgb(138, 152, 234)  hsl(231, 70%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#8aeadc  rgb(138, 234, 220)  hsl(171, 70%, 73%)  Turquoise
#dc8aea  rgb(220, 138, 234)  hsl(291, 70%, 73%)  Violet