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#E6EA6F

#e6ea6f ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e6ea6f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 91.76% green and 43.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 52.56% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 61.95°, with 74.55% saturation and 67.65% 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 16.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7682

Complementary

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #736fea

Split complementary

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #6fa9ea
  3. #b16fea

Analogous

  1. #eab16f
  2. #e6ea6f
  3. #a9ea6f

Triadic

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #6fe6ea
  3. #ea6fe6

Tetradic

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #6fea73
  3. #736fea
  4. #ea6fe6

Square

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #6feab1
  3. #736fea
  4. #ea6fa9

Monochromatic

  1. #a3a818
  2. #dae02c
  3. #e6ea6f
  4. #f2f4b2
  5. #fcfced

Shades

#e6ea6f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #cfd364
  3. #b8bb59
  4. #a1a44e
  5. #8a8c43
  6. #737538
  7. #5c5e2c
  8. #454621
  9. #2e2f16
  10. #17170b
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6ea6f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #e9ec7d
  3. #ebee8c
  4. #eef09a
  5. #f0f2a9
  6. #f3f5b7
  7. #f5f7c5
  8. #f8f9d4
  9. #fafbe2
  10. #fdfdf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6ea6f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6ea6f
  2. #dcdf71
  3. #d2d572
  4. #c7ca74
  5. #bdc076
  6. #b3b578
  7. #a9aa79
  8. #9fa07b
  9. #94957d
  10. #8a8b7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e6c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fae163 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe576 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4decf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e568 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e773 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eee3b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6ea6f {
  color: #e6ea6f;
}
Background
.bg-e6ea6f {
  background-color: #e6ea6f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6ea6f {
  border: 2px solid #e6ea6f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6ea6f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 234 111;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 75% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6ea6f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6ea6f, #a9ea6f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6ea6f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 234 111 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.01 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.09 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.13 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.40 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.54 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.62 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.08 #191590 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e6ea6f  rgb(230, 234, 111)  hsl(62, 75%, 68%)  Icterine
#736fea  rgb(115, 111, 234)  hsl(242, 75%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6fe6ea  rgb(111, 230, 234)  hsl(182, 75%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#ea6fe6  rgb(234, 111, 230)  hsl(302, 75%, 68%)  Orchid