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#EBE85E

#ebe85e ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebe85e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 90.98% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.28% magenta, 60% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 58.72°, with 77.9% saturation and 64.51% 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 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7618

Complementary

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #5e61eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #5ea8eb
  3. #a15eeb

Analogous

  1. #eba15e
  2. #ebe85e
  3. #a8eb5e

Triadic

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #5eebe8
  3. #e85eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #61eb5e
  3. #5e61eb
  4. #e85eeb

Square

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #5eeba1
  3. #5e61eb
  4. #eb5ea8

Monochromatic

  1. #9d9a13
  2. #e1dc1c
  3. #ebe85e
  4. #f3f2a2
  5. #fcfbe6

Shades

#ebe85e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #d4d155
  3. #bcba4b
  4. #a5a242
  5. #8d8b38
  6. #76742f
  7. #5e5d26
  8. #47461c
  9. #2f2e13
  10. #181709
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe85e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #edea6e
  3. #efed7e
  4. #f1ef8e
  5. #f3f19e
  6. #f5f4af
  7. #f7f6bf
  8. #f9f8cf
  9. #fbfadf
  10. #fdfdef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe85e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe85e
  2. #e0de61
  3. #d6d365
  4. #cbc968
  5. #c0be6c
  6. #b6b46f
  7. #abaa72
  8. #a09f76
  9. #959579
  10. #8b8a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e5bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fadf4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce566 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbdacb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e355 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e663 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5e0aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe85e {
  color: #ebe85e;
}
Background
.bg-ebe85e {
  background-color: #ebe85e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe85e {
  border: 2px solid #ebe85e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe85e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 232 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 78% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe85e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe85e, #a8eb5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe85e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 232 94 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.54 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.70 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.84 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.91 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.23 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.35 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.22 #1417a1 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Icterine
#ebe85e  rgb(235, 232, 94)  hsl(59, 78%, 65%)  Icterine
#5e61eb  rgb(94, 97, 235)  hsl(239, 78%, 65%)  Ultramarine Blue
#5eebe8  rgb(94, 235, 232)  hsl(179, 78%, 65%)  Bright Turquoise
#e85eeb  rgb(232, 94, 235)  hsl(299, 78%, 65%)  Orchid