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#CECA66

#ceca66 ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ceca66 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 79.22% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.94% magenta, 50.49% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 57.69°, with 51.49% saturation and 60.39% 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 12.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5632

Complementary

  1. #ceca66
  2. #666ace

Split complementary

  1. #ceca66
  2. #669ece
  3. #9666ce

Analogous

  1. #ce9666
  2. #ceca66
  3. #9ece66

Triadic

  1. #ceca66
  2. #66ceca
  3. #ca66ce

Tetradic

  1. #ceca66
  2. #6ace66
  3. #666ace
  4. #ca66ce

Square

  1. #ceca66
  2. #66ce96
  3. #666ace
  4. #ce669e

Monochromatic

  1. #757226
  2. #afab38
  3. #ceca66
  4. #e1dea0
  5. #f3f2da

Shades

#ceca66 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceca66
  2. #b9b65c
  3. #a5a252
  4. #908d47
  5. #7c793d
  6. #676533
  7. #525129
  8. #3e3d1f
  9. #292814
  10. #15140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceca66 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceca66
  2. #d3cf75
  3. #d8d585
  4. #ddda94
  5. #e2dfa3
  6. #e7e5b3
  7. #ebeac2
  8. #f0efd1
  9. #f5f4e0
  10. #fafaf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceca66 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceca66
  2. #c6c369
  3. #bebb6b
  4. #b7b46e
  5. #afac70
  6. #a7a573
  7. #9f9e76
  8. #979678
  9. #908f7b
  10. #88877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9c7a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c35d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc86b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbbfb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4c661 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6c969 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6c39a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceca66 {
  color: #ceca66;
}
Background
.bg-ceca66 {
  background-color: #ceca66;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceca66 {
  border: 2px solid #ceca66;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceca66;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 202 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 51% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceca66 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceca66, #9ece66);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceca66 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 202 102 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.36 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.88 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.68 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.86 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.24 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.98 #313599 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Straw
#ceca66  rgb(206, 202, 102)  hsl(58, 51%, 60%)  Straw
#666ace  rgb(102, 106, 206)  hsl(238, 51%, 60%)  Slate Blue
#66ceca  rgb(102, 206, 202)  hsl(178, 51%, 60%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca66ce  rgb(202, 102, 206)  hsl(298, 51%, 60%)  Orchid