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#E6E040

#e6e040 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6e040 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 87.84% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.61% magenta, 72.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 57.83°, with 76.85% saturation and 57.65% 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 15.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.6.

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Relative luminance0.705

Complementary

  1. #e6e040
  2. #4046e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6e040
  2. #4099e6
  3. #8d40e6

Analogous

  1. #e68d40
  2. #e6e040
  3. #99e640

Triadic

  1. #e6e040
  2. #40e6e0
  3. #e040e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6e040
  2. #46e640
  3. #4046e6
  4. #e040e6

Square

  1. #e6e040
  2. #40e68d
  3. #4046e6
  4. #e64099

Monochromatic

  1. #7d7910
  2. #c0ba19
  3. #e6e040
  4. #efeb84
  5. #f8f6c7

Shades

#e6e040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6e040
  2. #cfca3a
  3. #b8b333
  4. #a19d2d
  5. #8a8626
  6. #737020
  7. #5c5a1a
  8. #454313
  9. #2e2d0d
  10. #171606
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6e040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6e040
  2. #e9e353
  3. #ebe666
  4. #eee979
  5. #f0ec8c
  6. #f3f0a0
  7. #f5f3b3
  8. #f8f6c6
  9. #faf9d9
  10. #fdfcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6e040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6e040
  2. #dcd646
  3. #d2cd4d
  4. #c7c353
  5. #bdba5a
  6. #b3b060
  7. #a9a666
  8. #9f9d6d
  9. #949373
  10. #8a8a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfddb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3d721 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6dd4c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7d1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eedb30 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0de48 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0d79e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6e040 {
  color: #e6e040;
}
Background
.bg-e6e040 {
  background-color: #e6e040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6e040 {
  border: 2px solid #e6e040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6e040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 224 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6e040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e040, #99e640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6e040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 224 64 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.60 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.37 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 4.90 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.98 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.05 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.34 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.63 #191fbf Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Dandelion
#e6e040  rgb(230, 224, 64)  hsl(58, 77%, 58%)  Dandelion
#4046e6  rgb(64, 70, 230)  hsl(238, 77%, 58%)  Iris
#40e6e0  rgb(64, 230, 224)  hsl(178, 77%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#e040e6  rgb(224, 64, 230)  hsl(298, 77%, 58%)  Fuchsia