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#e8dc3d ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8dc3d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 86.27% green and 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.17% magenta, 73.71% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 55.79°, with 78.8% saturation and 57.45% 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 14.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.9.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6868

Complementary

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #3d49e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #3d9ee8
  3. #863de8

Analogous

  1. #e8863d
  2. #e8dc3d
  3. #9ee83d

Triadic

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #3de8dc
  3. #dc3de8

Tetradic

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #49e83d
  3. #3d49e8
  4. #dc3de8

Square

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #3de886
  3. #3d49e8
  4. #e83d9e

Monochromatic

  1. #7d750f
  2. #c2b617
  3. #e8dc3d
  4. #f0e881
  5. #f8f5c6

Shades

#e8dc3d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #d1c637
  3. #bab031
  4. #a29a2b
  5. #8b8425
  6. #746e1f
  7. #5d5818
  8. #464212
  9. #2e2c0c
  10. #171606
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8dc3d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #eae050
  3. #ede364
  4. #efe777
  5. #f1ea8b
  6. #f4ee9e
  7. #f6f1b1
  8. #f8f5c5
  9. #faf8d8
  10. #fdfcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8dc3d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8dc3d
  2. #ded344
  3. #d3ca4a
  4. #c9c051
  5. #beb758
  6. #b4ae5f
  7. #aaa565
  8. #9f9c6c
  9. #959273
  10. #8a8979
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfdaaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efd41c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f4db49 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9cdbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecd72c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efdb44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3d39b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8dc3d {
  color: #e8dc3d;
}
Background
.bg-e8dc3d {
  background-color: #e8dc3d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8dc3d {
  border: 2px solid #e8dc3d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8dc3d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 220 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 79% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8dc3d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8dc3d, #9ee83d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8dc3d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 220 61 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.90 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.62 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.68 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.81 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.34 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.54 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.60 #1723c2 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#e8dc3d  rgb(232, 220, 61)  hsl(56, 79%, 57%)  Dandelion
#3d49e8  rgb(61, 73, 232)  hsl(236, 79%, 57%)  Iris
#3de8dc  rgb(61, 232, 220)  hsl(176, 79%, 57%)  Bright Turquoise
#dc3de8  rgb(220, 61, 232)  hsl(296, 79%, 57%)  Fuchsia