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#E4E972

#e4e972 ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e4e972 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 91.37% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.15% cyan, 0% magenta, 51.07% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 62.52°, with 73.01% saturation and 68.04% 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 16.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.7599

Complementary

  1. #e4e972
  2. #7772e9

Split complementary

  1. #e4e972
  2. #72a9e9
  3. #b372e9

Analogous

  1. #e9b372
  2. #e4e972
  3. #a9e972

Triadic

  1. #e4e972
  2. #72e4e9
  3. #e972e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4e972
  2. #72e977
  3. #7772e9
  4. #e972e4

Square

  1. #e4e972
  2. #72e9b3
  3. #7772e9
  4. #e972a9

Monochromatic

  1. #a2a81a
  2. #d7df30
  3. #e4e972
  4. #f1f3b4
  5. #fcfced

Shades

#e4e972 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4e972
  2. #cdd267
  3. #b6ba5b
  4. #a0a350
  5. #898c44
  6. #727539
  7. #5b5d2e
  8. #444622
  9. #2e2f17
  10. #17170b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4e972 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4e972
  2. #e7eb80
  3. #e9ed8e
  4. #ecf09c
  5. #eff2aa
  6. #f2f4b9
  7. #f4f6c7
  8. #f7f8d5
  9. #fafbe3
  10. #fcfdf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4e972 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4e972
  2. #dadf73
  3. #d0d475
  4. #c6ca76
  5. #bcbf78
  6. #b2b579
  7. #a8aa7a
  8. #9ea07c
  9. #94957d
  10. #8a8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e5bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8e067 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9e478 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1ddce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0e46b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1e676 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ece2b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4e972 {
  color: #e4e972;
}
Background
.bg-e4e972 {
  background-color: #e4e972;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4e972 {
  border: 2px solid #e4e972;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4e972;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 233 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 73% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4e972 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4e972, #a9e972);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4e972 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 233 114 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.02 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.13 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.21 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.61 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.86 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 6.09 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 6.75 #1b168d Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Straw
#e4e972  rgb(228, 233, 114)  hsl(63, 73%, 68%)  Straw
#7772e9  rgb(119, 114, 233)  hsl(243, 73%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#72e4e9  rgb(114, 228, 233)  hsl(183, 73%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#e972e4  rgb(233, 114, 228)  hsl(303, 73%, 68%)  Orchid