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#EFEA46

#efea46 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#efea46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 91.76% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 70.71% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 58.22°, with 84.08% saturation and 60.59% 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 16.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7764

Complementary

  1. #efea46
  2. #464bef

Split complementary

  1. #efea46
  2. #46a0ef
  3. #9546ef

Analogous

  1. #ef9546
  2. #efea46
  3. #a0ef46

Triadic

  1. #efea46
  2. #46efea
  3. #ea46ef

Tetradic

  1. #efea46
  2. #4bef46
  3. #464bef
  4. #ea46ef

Square

  1. #efea46
  2. #46ef95
  3. #464bef
  4. #ef46a0

Monochromatic

  1. #908c0c
  2. #d6d013
  3. #efea46
  4. #f5f28c
  5. #fbfad3

Shades

#efea46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efea46
  2. #d7d33f
  3. #bfbb38
  4. #a7a431
  5. #8f8c2a
  6. #787523
  7. #605e1c
  8. #484615
  9. #302f0e
  10. #181707
  11. #000000

Tints

#efea46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efea46
  2. #f1ec59
  3. #f2ee6b
  4. #f4f07e
  5. #f5f290
  6. #f7f5a3
  7. #f9f7b5
  8. #faf9c8
  9. #fcfbda
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efea46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efea46
  2. #e4df4c
  3. #d9d552
  4. #ceca57
  5. #c3c05d
  6. #b8b563
  7. #acaa69
  8. #a1a06f
  9. #969574
  10. #8b8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde128 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe752 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8e536 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fae84d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9e1a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efea46 {
  color: #efea46;
}
Background
.bg-efea46 {
  background-color: #efea46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efea46 {
  border: 2px solid #efea46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efea46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 234 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 84% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efea46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efea46, #a0ef46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efea46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 234 70 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.94 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.01 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.08 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.26 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.50 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.55 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.56 #1015b9 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Icterine
#efea46  rgb(239, 234, 70)  hsl(58, 84%, 61%)  Icterine
#464bef  rgb(70, 75, 239)  hsl(238, 84%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#46efea  rgb(70, 239, 234)  hsl(178, 84%, 61%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea46ef  rgb(234, 70, 239)  hsl(298, 84%, 61%)  Fuchsia