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#EEE596

#eee596 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eee596 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 89.8% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.78% magenta, 36.97% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 53.86°, with 72.13% saturation and 76.08% 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 16.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 1.85.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.7642

Complementary

  1. #eee596
  2. #969fee

Split complementary

  1. #eee596
  2. #96cbee
  3. #b996ee

Analogous

  1. #eeb996
  2. #eee596
  3. #cbee96

Triadic

  1. #eee596
  2. #96eee5
  3. #e596ee

Tetradic

  1. #eee596
  2. #9fee96
  3. #969fee
  4. #e596ee

Square

  1. #eee596
  2. #96eeb9
  3. #969fee
  4. #ee96cb

Monochromatic

  1. #cab921
  2. #e3d554
  3. #eee596
  4. #f9f5d8
  5. #fcfbed

Shades

#eee596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee596
  2. #d6ce87
  3. #beb778
  4. #a7a069
  5. #8f895a
  6. #77734b
  7. #5f5c3c
  8. #47452d
  9. #302e1e
  10. #18170f
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee596
  2. #f0e8a1
  3. #f1eaab
  4. #f3edb6
  5. #f5efc0
  6. #f7f2cb
  7. #f8f5d5
  8. #faf7e0
  9. #fcfaea
  10. #fdfcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee596
  2. #e3db94
  3. #d8d192
  4. #cdc78f
  5. #c2bd8d
  6. #b7b38b
  7. #aca889
  8. #a19e87
  9. #969484
  10. #8b8a82
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e3c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3e090 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e599 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fadbd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e293 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e598 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5dfbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee596 {
  color: #eee596;
}
Background
.bg-eee596 {
  background-color: #eee596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee596 {
  border: 2px solid #eee596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 229 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 72% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee596, #cbee96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 229 150 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 1.85 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.44 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 3.57 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.93 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.44 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.17 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 5.44 #111a69 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Khaki
#eee596  rgb(238, 229, 150)  hsl(54, 72%, 76%)  Khaki
#969fee  rgb(150, 159, 238)  hsl(234, 72%, 76%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#96eee5  rgb(150, 238, 229)  hsl(174, 72%, 76%)  Pale Turquoise
#e596ee  rgb(229, 150, 238)  hsl(294, 72%, 76%)  Violet