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#E8EA4C

#e8ea4c ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8ea4c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 91.76% green and 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 67.52% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 60.76°, with 79% saturation and 60.78% 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 16.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7652

Complementary

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #4e4cea

Split complementary

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #4c99ea
  3. #9d4cea

Analogous

  1. #ea9d4c
  2. #e8ea4c
  3. #99ea4c

Triadic

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #4ce8ea
  3. #ea4ce8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #4cea4e
  3. #4e4cea
  4. #ea4ce8

Square

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #4cea9d
  3. #4e4cea
  4. #ea4c99

Monochromatic

  1. #8b8c10
  2. #cfd119
  3. #e8ea4c
  4. #f1f290
  5. #fafad5

Shades

#e8ea4c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #d1d344
  3. #babb3d
  4. #a2a435
  5. #8b8c2e
  6. #747526
  7. #5d5e1e
  8. #464617
  9. #2e2f0f
  10. #171708
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ea4c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #eaec5e
  3. #edee70
  4. #eff082
  5. #f1f294
  6. #f4f5a6
  7. #f6f7b7
  8. #f8f9c9
  9. #fafbdb
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ea4c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ea4c
  2. #dedf51
  3. #d3d556
  4. #c9ca5c
  5. #bec061
  6. #b4b566
  7. #aaaa6b
  8. #9fa070
  9. #959576
  10. #8a8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce033 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee557 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8dccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e43e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e753 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e2a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ea4c {
  color: #e8ea4c;
}
Background
.bg-e8ea4c {
  background-color: #e8ea4c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ea4c {
  border: 2px solid #e8ea4c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ea4c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ea4c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea4c, #99ea4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ea4c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 76 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.39 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.92 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.33 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.51 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.59 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.49 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.83 #1715b3 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e8ea4c  rgb(232, 234, 76)  hsl(61, 79%, 61%)  Icterine
#4e4cea  rgb(78, 76, 234)  hsl(241, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#4ce8ea  rgb(76, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 79%, 61%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4ce8  rgb(234, 76, 232)  hsl(301, 79%, 61%)  Fuchsia