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#EAEE83

#eaee83 ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eaee83 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 93.33% green and 51.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 44.96% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 62.24°, with 75.89% saturation and 72.35% 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 17.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.8028

Complementary

  1. #eaee83
  2. #8783ee

Split complementary

  1. #eaee83
  2. #83b4ee
  3. #bc83ee

Analogous

  1. #eebc83
  2. #eaee83
  3. #b4ee83

Triadic

  1. #eaee83
  2. #83eaee
  3. #ee83ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaee83
  2. #83ee87
  3. #8783ee
  4. #ee83ea

Square

  1. #eaee83
  2. #83eebc
  3. #8783ee
  4. #ee83b4

Monochromatic

  1. #b8be1a
  2. #dfe540
  3. #eaee83
  4. #f5f7c6
  5. #fcfded

Shades

#eaee83 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaee83
  2. #d3d676
  3. #bbbe69
  4. #a4a75c
  5. #8c8f4f
  6. #757742
  7. #5e5f34
  8. #464727
  9. #2f301a
  10. #17180d
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaee83 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaee83
  2. #ecf08f
  3. #eef19c
  4. #f0f3a8
  5. #f2f5b5
  6. #f5f7c1
  7. #f7f8cd
  8. #f9fada
  9. #fbfce6
  10. #fdfdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaee83 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaee83
  2. #dfe383
  3. #d5d882
  4. #cacd82
  5. #c0c282
  6. #b5b782
  7. #aaac81
  8. #a0a181
  9. #959681
  10. #8b8b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8eac7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde67a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde988 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7e3d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e97e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6eb86 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e7ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaee83 {
  color: #eaee83;
}
Background
.bg-eaee83 {
  background-color: #eaee83;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaee83 {
  border: 2px solid #eaee83;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaee83;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 238 131;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 76% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaee83 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaee83, #b4ee83);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaee83 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 238 131 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 3.49 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.26 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.60 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.27 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 6.43 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.80 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.25 #15117c Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#eaee83  rgb(234, 238, 131)  hsl(62, 76%, 72%)  Pastel Yellow
#8783ee  rgb(135, 131, 238)  hsl(242, 76%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#83eaee  rgb(131, 234, 238)  hsl(182, 76%, 72%)  Electric Blue
#ee83ea  rgb(238, 131, 234)  hsl(302, 76%, 72%)  Violet