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#E4E040

#e4e040 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4e040 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 87.84% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.75% magenta, 71.93% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, with 75.23% saturation and 57.25% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 3.04.

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Relative luminance0.7018

Complementary

  1. #e4e040
  2. #4044e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e040
  2. #4096e4
  3. #8e40e4

Analogous

  1. #e48e40
  2. #e4e040
  3. #96e440

Triadic

  1. #e4e040
  2. #40e4e0
  3. #e040e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e040
  2. #44e440
  3. #4044e4
  4. #e040e4

Square

  1. #e4e040
  2. #40e48e
  3. #4044e4
  4. #e44096

Monochromatic

  1. #7a7711
  2. #bdb91b
  3. #e4e040
  4. #edeb83
  5. #f7f6c6

Shades

#e4e040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e040
  2. #cdca3a
  3. #b6b333
  4. #a09d2d
  5. #898626
  6. #727020
  7. #5b5a1a
  8. #444313
  9. #2e2d0d
  10. #171606
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e040
  2. #e7e353
  3. #e9e666
  4. #ece979
  5. #efec8c
  6. #f2f0a0
  7. #f4f3b3
  8. #f7f6c6
  9. #faf9d9
  10. #fcfcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e040
  2. #dad646
  3. #d0cd4d
  4. #c6c353
  5. #bcba5a
  6. #b2b060
  7. #a8a666
  8. #9e9d6d
  9. #949373
  10. #8a8a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dedcb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3d721 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5dd4c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4d1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eddb30 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efde48 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eed79e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e040 {
  color: #e4e040;
}
Background
.bg-e4e040 {
  background-color: #e4e040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e040 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 224 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 75% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e040, #96e440);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 224 64 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.04 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.58 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 4.43 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.05 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.36 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.63 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.77 #1b1fbf Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Dandelion
#e4e040  rgb(228, 224, 64)  hsl(59, 75%, 57%)  Dandelion
#4044e4  rgb(64, 68, 228)  hsl(239, 75%, 57%)  Iris
#40e4e0  rgb(64, 228, 224)  hsl(179, 75%, 57%)  Bright Turquoise
#e040e4  rgb(224, 64, 228)  hsl(299, 75%, 57%)  Fuchsia