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#ECE99E

#ece99e ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ece99e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 91.37% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.27% magenta, 33.05% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 57.69°, with 67.24% 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 16.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.7858

Complementary

  1. #ece99e
  2. #9ea1ec

Split complementary

  1. #ece99e
  2. #9ec8ec
  3. #c29eec

Analogous

  1. #ecc29e
  2. #ece99e
  3. #c8ec9e

Triadic

  1. #ece99e
  2. #9eece9
  3. #e99eec

Tetradic

  1. #ece99e
  2. #a1ec9e
  3. #9ea1ec
  4. #e99eec

Square

  1. #ece99e
  2. #9eecc2
  3. #9ea1ec
  4. #ec9ec8

Monochromatic

  1. #cac327
  2. #dfda5e
  3. #ece99e
  4. #f9f8de
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#ece99e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ece99e
  2. #d4d28e
  3. #bdba7e
  4. #a5a36f
  5. #8e8c5f
  6. #76754f
  7. #5e5d3f
  8. #47462f
  9. #2f2f20
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#ece99e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ece99e
  2. #eeeba8
  3. #f0edb1
  4. #f2f0bb
  5. #f4f2c5
  6. #f6f4cf
  7. #f7f6d8
  8. #f9f8e2
  9. #fbfbec
  10. #fdfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ece99e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ece99e
  2. #e1df9b
  3. #d6d498
  4. #ccca95
  5. #c1bf92
  6. #b6b58f
  7. #abaa8c
  8. #a0a089
  9. #969586
  10. #8b8b83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e7cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5e399 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7e7a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7e0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e69b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e8a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3e3c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ece99e {
  color: #ece99e;
}
Background
.bg-ece99e {
  background-color: #ece99e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ece99e {
  border: 2px solid #ece99e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ece99e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 233 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 67% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ece99e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece99e, #c8ec9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ece99e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 233 158 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.63 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.31 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.72 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.51 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.77 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.90 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.01 #131661 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#ece99e  rgb(236, 233, 158)  hsl(58, 67%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9ea1ec  rgb(158, 161, 236)  hsl(238, 67%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9eece9  rgb(158, 236, 233)  hsl(178, 67%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e99eec  rgb(233, 158, 236)  hsl(298, 67%, 77%)  Plum