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#EEEA4E

#eeea4e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeea4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 91.76% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 67.23% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.5°, with 82.47% saturation and 61.96% 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 16.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.81.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7757

Complementary

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #4e52ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #4ea2ee
  3. #9a4eee

Analogous

  1. #ee9a4e
  2. #eeea4e
  3. #a2ee4e

Triadic

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #4eeeea
  3. #ea4eee

Tetradic

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #52ee4e
  3. #4e52ee
  4. #ea4eee

Square

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #4eee9a
  3. #4e52ee
  4. #ee4ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #95910e
  2. #dbd615
  3. #eeea4e
  4. #f5f294
  5. #fbfbda

Shades

#eeea4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #d6d346
  3. #bebb3e
  4. #a7a437
  5. #8f8c2f
  6. #777527
  7. #5f5e1f
  8. #474617
  9. #302f10
  10. #181708
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeea4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #f0ec60
  3. #f1ee71
  4. #f3f083
  5. #f5f295
  6. #f7f5a7
  7. #f8f7b8
  8. #faf9ca
  9. #fcfbdc
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeea4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeea4e
  2. #e3df53
  3. #d8d558
  4. #cdca5d
  5. #c2c062
  6. #b7b567
  7. #acaa6c
  8. #a1a071
  9. #969576
  10. #8b8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e6bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde136 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe759 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e541 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e855 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8e1a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeea4e {
  color: #eeea4e;
}
Background
.bg-eeea4e {
  background-color: #eeea4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeea4e {
  border: 2px solid #eeea4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeea4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 234 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 82% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeea4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeea4e, #a2ee4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeea4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 234 78 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.81 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.56 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.71 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.37 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.94 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.13 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.18 #1115b1 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eeea4e  rgb(238, 234, 78)  hsl(59, 82%, 62%)  Icterine
#4e52ee  rgb(78, 82, 238)  hsl(239, 82%, 62%)  Majorelle Blue
#4eeeea  rgb(78, 238, 234)  hsl(179, 82%, 62%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4eee  rgb(234, 78, 238)  hsl(299, 82%, 62%)  Fuchsia