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#EAE440

#eae440 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eae440 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 89.41% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.56% magenta, 72.65% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 57.88°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 15.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.41.

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Relative luminance0.7335

Complementary

  1. #eae440
  2. #4046ea

Split complementary

  1. #eae440
  2. #409bea
  3. #8f40ea

Analogous

  1. #ea8f40
  2. #eae440
  3. #9bea40

Triadic

  1. #eae440
  2. #40eae4
  3. #e440ea

Tetradic

  1. #eae440
  2. #46ea40
  3. #4046ea
  4. #e440ea

Square

  1. #eae440
  2. #40ea8f
  3. #4046ea
  4. #ea409b

Monochromatic

  1. #837f0e
  2. #c8c116
  3. #eae440
  4. #f2ee85
  5. #f9f7ca

Shades

#eae440 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eae440
  2. #d3cd3a
  3. #bbb633
  4. #a4a02d
  5. #8c8926
  6. #757220
  7. #5e5b1a
  8. #464413
  9. #2f2e0d
  10. #171706
  11. #000000

Tints

#eae440 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eae440
  2. #ece753
  3. #eee966
  4. #f0ec79
  5. #f2ef8c
  6. #f5f2a0
  7. #f7f4b3
  8. #f9f7c6
  9. #fbfad9
  10. #fdfcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eae440 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eae440
  2. #dfda46
  3. #d5d04d
  4. #cac653
  5. #c0bc5a
  6. #b5b260
  7. #aaa866
  8. #a09e6d
  9. #959473
  10. #8b8a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3e1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7db1f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fae14d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbd5c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2df2f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4e248 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4dba1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eae440 {
  color: #eae440;
}
Background
.bg-eae440 {
  background-color: #eae440;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eae440 {
  border: 2px solid #eae440;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eae440;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 228 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eae440 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae440, #9bea40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eae440 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 228 64 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.41 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.83 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.18 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.62 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.90 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.05 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.32 #151bbf Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Dandelion
#eae440  rgb(234, 228, 64)  hsl(58, 80%, 58%)  Dandelion
#4046ea  rgb(64, 70, 234)  hsl(238, 80%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#40eae4  rgb(64, 234, 228)  hsl(178, 80%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#e440ea  rgb(228, 64, 234)  hsl(298, 80%, 58%)  Fuchsia