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#E8EA50

#e8ea50 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8ea50 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 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 65.81% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 60.78°, with 78.57% saturation and 61.57% 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 16.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7658

Complementary

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #5250ea

Split complementary

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #509bea
  3. #9f50ea

Analogous

  1. #ea9f50
  2. #e8ea50
  3. #9bea50

Triadic

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #50e8ea
  3. #ea50e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #50ea52
  3. #5250ea
  4. #ea50e8

Square

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #50ea9f
  3. #5250ea
  4. #ea509b

Monochromatic

  1. #8e9011
  2. #d2d419
  3. #e8ea50
  4. #f1f294
  5. #fafad9

Shades

#e8ea50 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #d1d348
  3. #babb40
  4. #a2a438
  5. #8b8c30
  6. #747528
  7. #5d5e20
  8. #464618
  9. #2e2f10
  10. #171708
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ea50 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #eaec62
  3. #edee73
  4. #eff085
  5. #f1f296
  6. #f4f5a8
  7. #f6f7b9
  8. #f8f9cb
  9. #fafbdc
  10. #fdfdee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ea50 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ea50
  2. #dedf55
  3. #d3d55a
  4. #c9ca5e
  5. #bec063
  6. #b4b568
  7. #aaaa6d
  8. #9fa072
  9. #959576
  10. #8a8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce03a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde55b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8dccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e444 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e757 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e2a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ea50 {
  color: #e8ea50;
}
Background
.bg-e8ea50 {
  background-color: #e8ea50;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ea50 {
  border: 2px solid #e8ea50;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ea50;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 234 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ea50 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ea50, #9bea50);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ea50 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 234 80 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.38 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.99 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.48 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.62 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.76 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 5.69 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 6.09 #1715af Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e8ea50  rgb(232, 234, 80)  hsl(61, 79%, 62%)  Icterine
#5250ea  rgb(82, 80, 234)  hsl(241, 79%, 62%)  Majorelle Blue
#50e8ea  rgb(80, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 79%, 62%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea50e8  rgb(234, 80, 232)  hsl(301, 79%, 62%)  Fuchsia