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#E6D91A

#e6d91a ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6d91a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 85.1% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.65% magenta, 88.7% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 56.18°, with 80.31% saturation and 50.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6652

Complementary

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #1a27e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #1a8de6
  3. #731ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6731a
  2. #e6d91a
  3. #8de61a

Triadic

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #1ae6d9
  3. #d91ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #27e61a
  3. #1a27e6
  4. #d91ae6

Square

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #1ae673
  3. #1a27e6
  4. #e61a8d

Monochromatic

  1. #5d580a
  2. #a29912
  3. #e6d91a
  4. #eee45f
  5. #f5f0a4

Shades

#e6d91a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #cfc317
  3. #b8ae15
  4. #a19812
  5. #8a8210
  6. #736d0d
  7. #5c570a
  8. #454108
  9. #2e2b05
  10. #171603
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6d91a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #e9dd31
  3. #ebe148
  4. #eee45f
  5. #f0e876
  6. #f3ec8d
  7. #f5f0a3
  8. #f8f4ba
  9. #faf7d1
  10. #fdfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6d91a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6d91a
  2. #dcd024
  3. #d2c72e
  4. #c7be39
  5. #bdb543
  6. #b3ad4d
  7. #a9a457
  8. #9f9b61
  9. #94926c
  10. #8a8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd7aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edd100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2d831 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8c9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ead400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd929 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1d094 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6d91a {
  color: #e6d91a;
}
Background
.bg-e6d91a {
  background-color: #e6d91a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6d91a {
  border: 2px solid #e6d91a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6d91a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 217 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 80% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6d91a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6d91a, #8de61a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6d91a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 217 26 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.00 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.49 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.13 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.73 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.99 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.03 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.27 #1926e5 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#e6d91a  rgb(230, 217, 26)  hsl(56, 80%, 50%)  Dandelion
#1a27e6  rgb(26, 39, 230)  hsl(236, 80%, 50%)  Blue
#1ae6d9  rgb(26, 230, 217)  hsl(176, 80%, 50%)  Bright Turquoise
#d91ae6  rgb(217, 26, 230)  hsl(296, 80%, 50%)  Medium Orchid