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#E4E42E

#e4e42e ≈ Titanium Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4e42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 89.41% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 77.12% saturation and 53.73% 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 15.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Titanium Yellow (#eee600), ΔE 2.69.

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Relative luminance0.7218

Complementary

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #2e2ee4

Split complementary

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #2e89e4
  3. #892ee4

Analogous

  1. #e4892e
  2. #e4e42e
  3. #89e42e

Triadic

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #2ee4e4
  3. #e42ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #2ee42e
  3. #2e2ee4
  4. #e42ee4

Square

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #2ee489
  3. #2e2ee4
  4. #e42e89

Monochromatic

  1. #6b6b0e
  2. #afaf17
  3. #e4e42e
  4. #eded72
  5. #f6f6b6

Shades

#e4e42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #cdcd29
  3. #b6b625
  4. #a0a020
  5. #89891c
  6. #727217
  7. #5b5b12
  8. #44440e
  9. #2e2e09
  10. #171705
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #e7e743
  3. #e9e958
  4. #ecec6d
  5. #efef82
  6. #f2f297
  7. #f4f4ab
  8. #f7f7c0
  9. #fafad5
  10. #fcfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e42e
  2. #dada36
  3. #d0d03e
  4. #c6c647
  5. #bcbc4f
  6. #b2b257
  7. #a8a85f
  8. #9e9e67
  9. #949470
  10. #8a8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0e0b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9df40 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5d5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0de0d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1e139 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eedb9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e42e {
  color: #e4e42e;
}
Background
.bg-e4e42e {
  background-color: #e4e42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e42e {
  border: 2px solid #e4e42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 228 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e42e, #89e42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 228 46 / 0.35);
}

#eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.69 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.39 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.90 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.84 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.93 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.24 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.31 #1b1bd1 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Titanium Yellow
#e4e42e  rgb(228, 228, 46)  hsl(60, 77%, 54%)  Titanium Yellow
#2e2ee4  rgb(46, 46, 228)  hsl(240, 77%, 54%)  Blue
#2ee4e4  rgb(46, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 77%, 54%)  Bright Turquoise
#e42ee4  rgb(228, 46, 228)  hsl(300, 77%, 54%)  Fuchsia