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#EDD99F

#edd99f ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#edd99f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 85.1% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.44% magenta, 32.91% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 44.62°, with 68.42% saturation and 77.65% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7013

Complementary

  1. #edd99f
  2. #9fb3ed

Split complementary

  1. #edd99f
  2. #9fdaed
  3. #b29fed

Analogous

  1. #edb29f
  2. #edd99f
  3. #daed9f

Triadic

  1. #edd99f
  2. #9fedd9
  3. #d99fed

Tetradic

  1. #edd99f
  2. #b3ed9f
  3. #9fb3ed
  4. #d99fed

Square

  1. #edd99f
  2. #9fedb2
  3. #9fb3ed
  4. #ed9fda

Monochromatic

  1. #cda226
  2. #e1c05f
  3. #edd99f
  4. #f9f3df
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#edd99f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edd99f
  2. #d5c38f
  3. #beae7f
  4. #a6986f
  5. #8e825f
  6. #776d50
  7. #5f5740
  8. #474130
  9. #2f2b20
  10. #181610
  11. #000000

Tints

#edd99f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edd99f
  2. #efdda9
  3. #f1e1b2
  4. #f2e4bc
  5. #f4e8c5
  6. #f6eccf
  7. #f8f0d9
  8. #faf4e2
  9. #fbf7ec
  10. #fdfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edd99f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edd99f
  2. #e2d09c
  3. #d7c799
  4. #ccbe96
  5. #c1b593
  6. #b7ad90
  7. #aca48c
  8. #a19b89
  9. #969286
  10. #8b8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2dac5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d79b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebdda1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9d0ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9d89d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edd99f {
  color: #edd99f;
}
Background
.bg-edd99f {
  background-color: #edd99f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edd99f {
  border: 2px solid #edd99f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edd99f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 217 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 68% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edd99f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edd99f, #daed9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edd99f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 217 159 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.09 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 4.37 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.48 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 4.94 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.25 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 5.57 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.89 #122660 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Vanilla
#edd99f  rgb(237, 217, 159)  hsl(45, 68%, 78%)  Vanilla
#9fb3ed  rgb(159, 179, 237)  hsl(225, 68%, 78%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fedd9  rgb(159, 237, 217)  hsl(165, 68%, 78%)  Magic Mint
#d99fed  rgb(217, 159, 237)  hsl(285, 68%, 78%)  Wisteria