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#E4E66E

#e4e66e ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e66e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 90.2% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 52.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 61°, with 70.59% saturation and 66.67% 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 15.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#ccff66
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Relative luminance0.7421

Complementary

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #706ee6

Split complementary

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #6ea8e6
  3. #ac6ee6

Analogous

  1. #e6ac6e
  2. #e4e66e
  3. #a8e66e

Triadic

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #6ee4e6
  3. #e66ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #6ee670
  3. #706ee6
  4. #e66ee4

Square

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #6ee6ac
  3. #706ee6
  4. #e66ea8

Monochromatic

  1. #9da01c
  2. #d8db2d
  3. #e4e66e
  4. #f0f1af
  5. #fcfcee

Shades

#e4e66e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #cdcf63
  3. #b6b858
  4. #a0a14d
  5. #898a42
  6. #727337
  7. #5b5c2c
  8. #444521
  9. #2e2e16
  10. #17170b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e66e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #e7e97d
  3. #e9eb8b
  4. #ecee9a
  5. #eff0a8
  6. #f2f3b7
  7. #f4f5c5
  8. #f7f8d4
  9. #fafae2
  10. #fcfdf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e66e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e66e
  2. #dadc70
  3. #d0d272
  4. #c6c773
  5. #bcbd75
  6. #b2b377
  7. #a8a979
  8. #9e9f7b
  9. #94947c
  10. #8a8a7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1e2bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6dd62 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7e274 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2dacb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #efe167 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0e372 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ecdfae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e66e {
  color: #e4e66e;
}
Background
.bg-e4e66e {
  background-color: #e4e66e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e66e {
  border: 2px solid #e4e66e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e66e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 230 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 71% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e66e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e66e, #a8e66e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e66e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 230 110 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.22 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.96 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.50 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.62 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.72 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 6.25 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.53 #1b1991 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Straw
#e4e66e  rgb(228, 230, 110)  hsl(61, 71%, 67%)  Straw
#706ee6  rgb(112, 110, 230)  hsl(241, 71%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6ee4e6  rgb(110, 228, 230)  hsl(181, 71%, 67%)  Electric Blue
#e66ee4  rgb(230, 110, 228)  hsl(301, 71%, 67%)  Orchid