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#E4E950

#e4e950 ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4e950 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 91.37% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.15% cyan, 0% magenta, 65.67% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 61.96°, with 77.66% saturation and 61.37% 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 16.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ccff66
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Relative luminance0.7535

Complementary

  1. #e4e950
  2. #5550e9

Split complementary

  1. #e4e950
  2. #5097e9
  3. #a150e9

Analogous

  1. #e9a150
  2. #e4e950
  3. #97e950

Triadic

  1. #e4e950
  2. #50e4e9
  3. #e950e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e950
  2. #50e955
  3. #5550e9
  4. #e950e4

Square

  1. #e4e950
  2. #50e9a1
  3. #5550e9
  4. #e95097

Monochromatic

  1. #8a8e12
  2. #ccd21a
  3. #e4e950
  4. #eef294
  5. #f9fad8

Shades

#e4e950 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e950
  2. #cdd248
  3. #b6ba40
  4. #a0a338
  5. #898c30
  6. #727528
  7. #5b5d20
  8. #444618
  9. #2e2f10
  10. #171708
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e950 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e950
  2. #e7eb62
  3. #e9ed73
  4. #ecf085
  5. #eff296
  6. #f2f4a8
  7. #f4f6b9
  8. #f7f8cb
  9. #fafbdc
  10. #fcfdee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e950 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e950
  2. #dadf55
  3. #d0d45a
  4. #c6ca5e
  5. #bcbf63
  6. #b2b568
  7. #a8aa6d
  8. #9ea072
  9. #949576
  10. #8a8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2e4b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fadf3a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe35b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3dbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e344 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2e557 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ede1a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e950 {
  color: #e4e950;
}
Background
.bg-e4e950 {
  background-color: #e4e950;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e950 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e950;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e950;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 233 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 78% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e950 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e950, #97e950);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e950 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 233 80 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.38 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.01 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.91 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.15 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.35 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 6.19 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.51 #1b16af Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pear
#e4e950  rgb(228, 233, 80)  hsl(62, 78%, 61%)  Pear
#5550e9  rgb(85, 80, 233)  hsl(242, 78%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#50e4e9  rgb(80, 228, 233)  hsl(182, 78%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#e950e4  rgb(233, 80, 228)  hsl(302, 78%, 61%)  Fuchsia