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#EEE109

#eee109 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eee109 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 88.24% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.46% magenta, 96.22% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.59°, with 92.71% saturation and 48.43% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.4.

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Relative luminance0.7205

Complementary

  1. #eee109
  2. #0916ee

Split complementary

  1. #eee109
  2. #0989ee
  3. #6e09ee

Analogous

  1. #ee6e09
  2. #eee109
  3. #89ee09

Triadic

  1. #eee109
  2. #09eee1
  3. #e109ee

Tetradic

  1. #eee109
  2. #16ee09
  3. #0916ee
  4. #e109ee

Square

  1. #eee109
  2. #09ee6e
  3. #0916ee
  4. #ee0989

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5603
  2. #a49b06
  3. #eee109
  4. #f8ee4b
  5. #fbf595

Shades

#eee109 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee109
  2. #d6cb08
  3. #beb407
  4. #a79e06
  5. #8f8705
  6. #777105
  7. #5f5a04
  8. #474403
  9. #302d02
  10. #181701
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee109 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee109
  2. #f0e422
  3. #f1e73a
  4. #f3ea53
  5. #f5ed6b
  6. #f7f084
  7. #f8f39d
  8. #faf6b5
  9. #fcf9ce
  10. #fdfce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee109 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee109
  2. #e3d715
  3. #d8ce21
  4. #cdc42d
  5. #c2ba39
  6. #b7b145
  7. #aca750
  8. #a19d5c
  9. #969368
  10. #8b8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4deb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe02c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e022 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9d799 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee109 {
  color: #eee109;
}
Background
.bg-eee109 {
  background-color: #eee109;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee109 {
  border: 2px solid #eee109;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee109;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 225 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee109 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee109, #89ee09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee109 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 225 9 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.40 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.45 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.03 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.32 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.07 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.27 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.42 #111ef6 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#eee109  rgb(238, 225, 9)  hsl(57, 93%, 48%)  Dandelion
#0916ee  rgb(9, 22, 238)  hsl(237, 93%, 48%)  Blue
#09eee1  rgb(9, 238, 225)  hsl(177, 93%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#e109ee  rgb(225, 9, 238)  hsl(297, 93%, 48%)  Fuchsia