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#EDEC79

#edec79 ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#edec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.42% magenta, 48.95% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 59.48°, with 76.32% saturation and 70.2% 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 16.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 4.05.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7938

Complementary

  1. #edec79
  2. #797aed

Split complementary

  1. #edec79
  2. #79b4ed
  3. #b279ed

Analogous

  1. #edb279
  2. #edec79
  3. #b4ed79

Triadic

  1. #edec79
  2. #79edec
  3. #ec79ed

Tetradic

  1. #edec79
  2. #7aed79
  3. #797aed
  4. #ec79ed

Square

  1. #edec79
  2. #79edb2
  3. #797aed
  4. #ed79b4

Monochromatic

  1. #b5b318
  2. #e4e236
  3. #edec79
  4. #f6f6bc
  5. #fdfced

Shades

#edec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edec79
  2. #d5d46d
  3. #bebd61
  4. #a6a555
  5. #8e8e49
  6. #77763d
  7. #5f5e30
  8. #474724
  9. #2f2f18
  10. #18180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#edec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edec79
  2. #efee86
  3. #f1f094
  4. #f2f2a1
  5. #f4f4af
  6. #f6f6bc
  7. #f8f7c9
  8. #faf9d7
  9. #fbfbe4
  10. #fdfdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edec79
  2. #e2e17a
  3. #d7d67a
  4. #cccc7b
  5. #c1c17c
  6. #b7b67d
  7. #acab7d
  8. #a1a07e
  9. #96967f
  10. #8b8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce46f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee87f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbe0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6e773 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7ea7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6e5b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edec79 {
  color: #edec79;
}
Background
.bg-edec79 {
  background-color: #edec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edec79 {
  border: 2px solid #edec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 76% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edec79, #b4ed79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.05 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.10 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.63 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.90 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.48 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.13 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.53 #121386 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#edec79  rgb(237, 236, 121)  hsl(59, 76%, 70%)  Pastel Yellow
#797aed  rgb(121, 122, 237)  hsl(239, 76%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#79edec  rgb(121, 237, 236)  hsl(179, 76%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#ec79ed  rgb(236, 121, 237)  hsl(299, 76%, 70%)  Violet