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#EBEC79

#ebec79 ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 48.73% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 60.52°, with 75.16% saturation and 70% 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 16.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 4.08.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7903

Complementary

  1. #ebec79
  2. #7a79ec

Split complementary

  1. #ebec79
  2. #79b2ec
  3. #b379ec

Analogous

  1. #ecb379
  2. #ebec79
  3. #b2ec79

Triadic

  1. #ebec79
  2. #79ebec
  3. #ec79eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebec79
  2. #79ec7a
  3. #7a79ec
  4. #ec79eb

Square

  1. #ebec79
  2. #79ecb3
  3. #7a79ec
  4. #ec79b2

Monochromatic

  1. #b1b319
  2. #e1e236
  3. #ebec79
  4. #f5f5bc
  5. #fcfced

Shades

#ebec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebec79
  2. #d4d46d
  3. #bcbd61
  4. #a5a555
  5. #8d8e49
  6. #76763d
  7. #5e5e30
  8. #474724
  9. #2f2f18
  10. #18180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebec79
  2. #edee86
  3. #eff094
  4. #f1f2a1
  5. #f3f4af
  6. #f5f6bc
  7. #f7f7c9
  8. #f9f9d7
  9. #fbfbe4
  10. #fdfdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebec79
  2. #e0e17a
  3. #d6d67a
  4. #cbcc7b
  5. #c0c17c
  6. #b6b67d
  7. #abab7d
  8. #a0a07e
  9. #95967f
  10. #8b8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e8c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce46f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde87f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9e0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e773 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6ea7d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3e5b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebec79 {
  color: #ebec79;
}
Background
.bg-ebec79 {
  background-color: #ebec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebec79 {
  border: 2px solid #ebec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 75% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebec79, #b2ec79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.08 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.34 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.84 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.12 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.61 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.44 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.86 #141386 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#ebec79  rgb(235, 236, 121)  hsl(61, 75%, 70%)  Pastel Yellow
#7a79ec  rgb(122, 121, 236)  hsl(241, 75%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#79ebec  rgb(121, 235, 236)  hsl(181, 75%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#ec79eb  rgb(236, 121, 235)  hsl(301, 75%, 70%)  Violet