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#EAE331

#eae331 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eae331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 89.02% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.99% magenta, 79.06% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 57.73°, with 81.5% saturation and 55.49% 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 15.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.85.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7265

Complementary

  1. #eae331
  2. #3138ea

Split complementary

  1. #eae331
  2. #3194ea
  3. #8731ea

Analogous

  1. #ea8731
  2. #eae331
  3. #94ea31

Triadic

  1. #eae331
  2. #31eae3
  3. #e331ea

Tetradic

  1. #eae331
  2. #38ea31
  3. #3138ea
  4. #e331ea

Square

  1. #eae331
  2. #31ea87
  3. #3138ea
  4. #ea3194

Monochromatic

  1. #76720c
  2. #bbb513
  3. #eae331
  4. #f1ec76
  5. #f8f6bc

Shades

#eae331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eae331
  2. #d3cc2c
  3. #bbb627
  4. #a49f22
  5. #8c881d
  6. #757219
  7. #5e5b14
  8. #46440f
  9. #2f2d0a
  10. #171705
  11. #000000

Tints

#eae331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eae331
  2. #ece646
  3. #eee95a
  4. #f0eb6f
  5. #f2ee83
  6. #f5f198
  7. #f7f4ad
  8. #f9f7c1
  9. #fbf9d6
  10. #fdfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eae331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eae331
  2. #dfd939
  3. #d5cf41
  4. #cac549
  5. #c0bb51
  6. #b5b259
  7. #aaa860
  8. #a09e68
  9. #959470
  10. #8b8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fae041 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbd4c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2de15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4e13b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5da9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eae331 {
  color: #eae331;
}
Background
.bg-eae331 {
  background-color: #eae331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eae331 {
  border: 2px solid #eae331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eae331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 227 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eae331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae331, #94ea31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eae331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 227 49 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.85 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.93 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.99 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.29 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.72 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.86 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 5.00 #151cce Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#eae331  rgb(234, 227, 49)  hsl(58, 82%, 55%)  Dandelion
#3138ea  rgb(49, 56, 234)  hsl(238, 82%, 55%)  Han Purple
#31eae3  rgb(49, 234, 227)  hsl(178, 82%, 55%)  Bright Turquoise
#e331ea  rgb(227, 49, 234)  hsl(298, 82%, 55%)  Fuchsia