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#E8EC45

#e8ec45 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8ec45 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 92.55% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.69% cyan, 0% magenta, 70.76% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 61.44°, with 81.46% saturation and 59.8% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.41.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7758

Complementary

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #4945ec

Split complementary

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #4594ec
  3. #9c45ec

Analogous

  1. #ec9c45
  2. #e8ec45
  3. #94ec45

Triadic

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #45e8ec
  3. #ec45e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #45ec49
  3. #4945ec
  4. #ec45e8

Square

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #45ec9c
  3. #4945ec
  4. #ec4594

Monochromatic

  1. #878a0e
  2. #cbcf15
  3. #e8ec45
  4. #f1f38a
  5. #f9fad0

Shades

#e8ec45 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #d1d43e
  3. #babd37
  4. #a2a530
  5. #8b8e29
  6. #747623
  7. #5d5e1c
  8. #464715
  9. #2e2f0e
  10. #171807
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8ec45 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #eaee58
  3. #edf06a
  4. #eff27d
  5. #f1f48f
  6. #f4f6a2
  7. #f6f7b5
  8. #f8f9c7
  9. #fafbda
  10. #fdfdec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8ec45 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8ec45
  2. #dee14b
  3. #d3d651
  4. #c9cc57
  5. #bec15d
  6. #b4b663
  7. #aaab68
  8. #9fa06e
  9. #959674
  10. #8a8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e7ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee226 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe652 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8ddcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6e635 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e94d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2e3a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8ec45 {
  color: #e8ec45;
}
Background
.bg-e8ec45 {
  background-color: #e8ec45;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8ec45 {
  border: 2px solid #e8ec45;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8ec45;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 236 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8ec45 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8ec45, #94ec45);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8ec45 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 236 69 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.41 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 3.79 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.15 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.36 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.83 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 4.92 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 5.39 #1713ba Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Icterine
#e8ec45  rgb(232, 236, 69)  hsl(61, 81%, 60%)  Icterine
#4945ec  rgb(73, 69, 236)  hsl(241, 81%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#45e8ec  rgb(69, 232, 236)  hsl(181, 81%, 60%)  Electric Blue
#ec45e8  rgb(236, 69, 232)  hsl(301, 81%, 60%)  Fuchsia