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#E9EA46

#e9ea46 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e9ea46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 91.76% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 70.09% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 60.37°, with 79.61% saturation and 59.61% 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 16.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7661

Complementary

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #4746ea

Split complementary

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #4697ea
  3. #9946ea

Analogous

  1. #ea9946
  2. #e9ea46
  3. #97ea46

Triadic

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #46e9ea
  3. #ea46e9

Tetradic

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #46ea47
  3. #4746ea
  4. #ea46e9

Square

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #46ea99
  3. #4746ea
  4. #ea4697

Monochromatic

  1. #87880f
  2. #cbcc17
  3. #e9ea46
  4. #f1f28b
  5. #f9facf

Shades

#e9ea46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #d2d33f
  3. #babb38
  4. #a3a431
  5. #8c8c2a
  6. #757523
  7. #5d5e1c
  8. #464615
  9. #2f2f0e
  10. #171707
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9ea46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #ebec59
  3. #edee6b
  4. #f0f07e
  5. #f2f290
  6. #f4f5a3
  7. #f6f7b5
  8. #f8f9c8
  9. #fbfbda
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9ea46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9ea46
  2. #dfdf4c
  3. #d4d552
  4. #caca57
  5. #bfc05d
  6. #b5b563
  7. #aaaa69
  8. #a0a06f
  9. #959574
  10. #8b8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce028 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee552 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9dbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e436 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e74e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3e1a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9ea46 {
  color: #e9ea46;
}
Background
.bg-e9ea46 {
  background-color: #e9ea46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9ea46 {
  border: 2px solid #e9ea46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9ea46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 234 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9ea46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9ea46, #97ea46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9ea46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 234 70 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.34 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.76 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 4.07 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.18 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.56 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.15 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.32 #1615b9 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e9ea46  rgb(233, 234, 70)  hsl(60, 80%, 60%)  Icterine
#4746ea  rgb(71, 70, 234)  hsl(240, 80%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#46e9ea  rgb(70, 233, 234)  hsl(180, 80%, 60%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea46e9  rgb(234, 70, 233)  hsl(300, 80%, 60%)  Fuchsia