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#EAE466

#eae466 ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eae466 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 89.41% green and 40% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.56% magenta, 56.41% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 57.27°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 15.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.7394

Complementary

  1. #eae466
  2. #666cea

Split complementary

  1. #eae466
  2. #66aeea
  3. #a266ea

Analogous

  1. #eaa266
  2. #eae466
  3. #aeea66

Triadic

  1. #eae466
  2. #66eae4
  3. #e466ea

Tetradic

  1. #eae466
  2. #6cea66
  3. #666cea
  4. #e466ea

Square

  1. #eae466
  2. #66eaa2
  3. #666cea
  4. #ea66ae

Monochromatic

  1. #a19b16
  2. #e1d823
  3. #eae466
  4. #f3f0a9
  5. #fcfced

Shades

#eae466 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eae466
  2. #d3cd5c
  3. #bbb652
  4. #a4a047
  5. #8c893d
  6. #757233
  7. #5e5b29
  8. #46441f
  9. #2f2e14
  10. #17170a
  11. #000000

Tints

#eae466 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eae466
  2. #ece775
  3. #eee985
  4. #f0ec94
  5. #f2efa3
  6. #f5f2b3
  7. #f7f4c2
  8. #f9f7d1
  9. #fbfae0
  10. #fdfcf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eae466 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eae466
  2. #dfda69
  3. #d5d06b
  4. #cac66e
  5. #c0bc70
  6. #b5b273
  7. #aaa876
  8. #a09e78
  9. #95947b
  10. #8b8a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e1bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5dc59 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f8e26d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9d7c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1df5e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e36a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3dcaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eae466 {
  color: #eae466;
}
Background
.bg-eae466 {
  background-color: #eae466;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eae466 {
  border: 2px solid #eae466;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eae466;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 228 102;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eae466 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae466, #aeea66);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eae466 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 228 102 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.40 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.70 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.97 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.15 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.73 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 6.02 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.06 #151b99 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Straw
#eae466  rgb(234, 228, 102)  hsl(57, 76%, 66%)  Straw
#666cea  rgb(102, 108, 234)  hsl(237, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#66eae4  rgb(102, 234, 228)  hsl(177, 76%, 66%)  Bright Turquoise
#e466ea  rgb(228, 102, 234)  hsl(297, 76%, 66%)  Orchid