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#EEEC79

#eeec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eeec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.84% magenta, 49.16% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.97°, with 77.48% saturation and 70.39% 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 16.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 4.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7955

Complementary

  1. #eeec79
  2. #797bee

Split complementary

  1. #eeec79
  2. #79b6ee
  3. #b179ee

Analogous

  1. #eeb179
  2. #eeec79
  3. #b6ee79

Triadic

  1. #eeec79
  2. #79eeec
  3. #ec79ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeec79
  2. #7bee79
  3. #797bee
  4. #ec79ee

Square

  1. #eeec79
  2. #79eeb1
  3. #797bee
  4. #ee79b6

Monochromatic

  1. #b7b417
  2. #e5e235
  3. #eeec79
  4. #f7f6bd
  5. #fdfced

Shades

#eeec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeec79
  2. #d6d46d
  3. #bebd61
  4. #a7a555
  5. #8f8e49
  6. #77763d
  7. #5f5e30
  8. #474724
  9. #302f18
  10. #18180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeec79
  2. #f0ee86
  3. #f1f094
  4. #f3f2a1
  5. #f5f4af
  6. #f7f6bc
  7. #f8f7c9
  8. #faf9d7
  9. #fcfbe4
  10. #fdfdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeec79
  2. #e3e17a
  3. #d8d67a
  4. #cdcc7b
  5. #c2c17c
  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 16.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce46f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee97f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fce0d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e773 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f8ea7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7e5b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeec79 {
  color: #eeec79;
}
Background
.bg-eeec79 {
  background-color: #eeec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeec79 {
  border: 2px solid #eeec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 77% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeec79, #b6ee79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.00 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.05 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.53 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.80 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.44 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.98 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.36 #111386 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Khaki
#eeec79  rgb(238, 236, 121)  hsl(59, 77%, 70%)  Khaki
#797bee  rgb(121, 123, 238)  hsl(239, 77%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#79eeec  rgb(121, 238, 236)  hsl(179, 77%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#ec79ee  rgb(236, 121, 238)  hsl(299, 77%, 70%)  Violet