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#E6EA4E

#e6ea4e ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6ea4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 91.76% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 61.54°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7622

Complementary

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #524eea

Split complementary

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #4e98ea
  3. #a04eea

Analogous

  1. #eaa04e
  2. #e6ea4e
  3. #98ea4e

Triadic

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #4ee6ea
  3. #ea4ee6

Tetradic

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #4eea52
  3. #524eea
  4. #ea4ee6

Square

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #4eeaa0
  3. #524eea
  4. #ea4e98

Monochromatic

  1. #8b8e11
  2. #ced319
  3. #e6ea4e
  4. #f0f292
  5. #f9fad7

Shades

#e6ea4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #cfd346
  3. #b8bb3e
  4. #a1a437
  5. #8a8c2f
  6. #737527
  7. #5c5e1f
  8. #454617
  9. #2e2f10
  10. #171708
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6ea4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #e9ec60
  3. #ebee71
  4. #eef083
  5. #f0f295
  6. #f3f5a7
  7. #f5f7b8
  8. #f8f9ca
  9. #fafbdc
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6ea4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6ea4e
  2. #dcdf53
  3. #d2d558
  4. #c7ca5d
  5. #bdc062
  6. #b3b567
  7. #a9aa6c
  8. #9fa071
  9. #949576
  10. #8a8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e5b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce036 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde459 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5dccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3e441 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4e755 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efe2a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6ea4e {
  color: #e6ea4e;
}
Background
.bg-e6ea4e {
  background-color: #e6ea4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6ea4e {
  border: 2px solid #e6ea4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6ea4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 234 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6ea4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6ea4e, #98ea4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6ea4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 234 78 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.60 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.66 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.62 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.79 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.06 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.77 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 6.26 #1915b1 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pear
#e6ea4e  rgb(230, 234, 78)  hsl(62, 79%, 61%)  Pear
#524eea  rgb(82, 78, 234)  hsl(242, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#4ee6ea  rgb(78, 230, 234)  hsl(182, 79%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#ea4ee6  rgb(234, 78, 230)  hsl(302, 79%, 61%)  Fuchsia