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#DEE22B

#dee22b ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dee22b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 88.63% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 80.97% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 61.31°, with 75.93% saturation and 52.75% 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 15.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.701

Complementary

  1. #dee22b
  2. #2f2be2

Split complementary

  1. #dee22b
  2. #2b83e2
  3. #8b2be2

Analogous

  1. #e28b2b
  2. #dee22b
  3. #83e22b

Triadic

  1. #dee22b
  2. #2bdee2
  3. #e22bde

Tetradic

  1. #dee22b
  2. #2be22f
  3. #2f2be2
  4. #e22bde

Square

  1. #dee22b
  2. #2be28b
  3. #2f2be2
  4. #e22b83

Monochromatic

  1. #64660e
  2. #a6a917
  3. #dee22b
  4. #e8eb6e
  5. #f3f4b2

Shades

#dee22b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dee22b
  2. #c8cb27
  3. #b2b522
  4. #9b9e1e
  5. #85881a
  6. #6f7116
  7. #595a11
  8. #43440d
  9. #2c2d09
  10. #161704
  11. #000000

Tints

#dee22b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dee22b
  2. #e1e540
  3. #e5e855
  4. #e8eb6b
  5. #ebee80
  6. #eff195
  7. #f2f3aa
  8. #f5f6bf
  9. #f8f9d5
  10. #fcfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dee22b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dee22b
  2. #d5d834
  3. #cbce3c
  4. #c2c545
  5. #b8bb4d
  6. #afb156
  7. #a6a75e
  8. #9c9d67
  9. #93946f
  10. #898a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcddaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6dc3e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eed3c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecdc04 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdf37 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8d99c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dee22b {
  color: #dee22b;
}
Background
.bg-dee22b {
  background-color: #dee22b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dee22b {
  border: 2px solid #dee22b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dee22b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 226 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dee22b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dee22b, #83e22b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dee22b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 226 43 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 2.93 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.59 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.29 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.56 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.92 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 6.20 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.24 #211dd4 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Pear
#dee22b  rgb(222, 226, 43)  hsl(61, 76%, 53%)  Pear
#2f2be2  rgb(47, 43, 226)  hsl(241, 76%, 53%)  Blue
#2bdee2  rgb(43, 222, 226)  hsl(181, 76%, 53%)  Dark Turquoise
#e22bde  rgb(226, 43, 222)  hsl(301, 76%, 53%)  Fuchsia