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#EAEC61

#eaec61 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eaec61 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 92.55% green and 38.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 58.9% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 60.86°, with 78.53% saturation and 65.29% 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 16.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7835

Complementary

  1. #eaec61
  2. #6361ec

Split complementary

  1. #eaec61
  2. #61a4ec
  3. #a861ec

Analogous

  1. #eca861
  2. #eaec61
  3. #a4ec61

Triadic

  1. #eaec61
  2. #61eaec
  3. #ec61ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaec61
  2. #61ec63
  3. #6361ec
  4. #ec61ea

Square

  1. #eaec61
  2. #61eca8
  3. #6361ec
  4. #ec61a4

Monochromatic

  1. #9fa113
  2. #e1e41d
  3. #eaec61
  4. #f3f4a5
  5. #fcfcea

Shades

#eaec61 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaec61
  2. #d3d457
  3. #bbbd4e
  4. #a4a544
  5. #8c8e3a
  6. #757631
  7. #5e5e27
  8. #46471d
  9. #2f2f13
  10. #17180a
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaec61 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaec61
  2. #ecee71
  3. #eef081
  4. #f0f290
  5. #f2f4a0
  6. #f5f6b0
  7. #f7f7c0
  8. #f9f9d0
  9. #fbfbdf
  10. #fdfdef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaec61 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaec61
  2. #dfe164
  3. #d5d667
  4. #cacc6a
  5. #c0c16d
  6. #b5b671
  7. #aaab74
  8. #a0a077
  9. #95967a
  10. #8b8b7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e8be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde351 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe769 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9dece ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6e658 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e966 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3e4ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaec61 {
  color: #eaec61;
}
Background
.bg-eaec61 {
  background-color: #eaec61;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaec61 {
  border: 2px solid #eaec61;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaec61;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 236 97;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 79% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaec61 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaec61, #a4ec61);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaec61 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 236 97 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.38 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.21 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 4.84 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.76 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.82 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.96 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.98 #15139e Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eaec61  rgb(234, 236, 97)  hsl(61, 79%, 65%)  Icterine
#6361ec  rgb(99, 97, 236)  hsl(241, 79%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#61eaec  rgb(97, 234, 236)  hsl(181, 79%, 65%)  Electric Blue
#ec61ea  rgb(236, 97, 234)  hsl(301, 79%, 65%)  Orchid