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#E8EA4E

#e8ea4e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8ea4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 60.77°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 16.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7655

Complementary

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #504eea

Split complementary

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #4e9aea
  3. #9e4eea

Analogous

  1. #ea9e4e
  2. #e8ea4e
  3. #9aea4e

Triadic

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #4ee8ea
  3. #ea4ee8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #4eea50
  3. #504eea
  4. #ea4ee8

Square

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #4eea9e
  3. #504eea
  4. #ea4e9a

Monochromatic

  1. #8d8e11
  2. #d0d319
  3. #e8ea4e
  4. #f1f292
  5. #fafad7

Shades

#e8ea4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #d1d346
  3. #babb3e
  4. #a2a437
  5. #8b8c2f
  6. #747527
  7. #5d5e1f
  8. #464617
  9. #2e2f10
  10. #171708
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ea4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #eaec60
  3. #edee71
  4. #eff083
  5. #f1f295
  6. #f4f5a7
  7. #f6f7b8
  8. #f8f9ca
  9. #fafbdc
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ea4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ea4e
  2. #dedf53
  3. #d3d558
  4. #c9ca5d
  5. #bec062
  6. #b4b567
  7. #aaaa6c
  8. #9fa071
  9. #959576
  10. #8a8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce036 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee559 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8dccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e441 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e755 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e2a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ea4e {
  color: #e8ea4e;
}
Background
.bg-e8ea4e {
  background-color: #e8ea4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ea4e {
  border: 2px solid #e8ea4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ea4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ea4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea4e, #9aea4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ea4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 78 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.38 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.95 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.47 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.49 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.67 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.59 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.96 #1715b1 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e8ea4e  rgb(232, 234, 78)  hsl(61, 79%, 61%)  Icterine
#504eea  rgb(80, 78, 234)  hsl(241, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#4ee8ea  rgb(78, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 79%, 61%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4ee8  rgb(234, 78, 232)  hsl(301, 79%, 61%)  Fuchsia