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#ECE86D

#ece86d ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ece86d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 90.98% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.69% magenta, 53.81% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 58.11°, with 76.97% saturation and 67.65% 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 16.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7665

Complementary

  1. #ece86d
  2. #6d71ec

Split complementary

  1. #ece86d
  2. #6db1ec
  3. #a96dec

Analogous

  1. #eca96d
  2. #ece86d
  3. #b1ec6d

Triadic

  1. #ece86d
  2. #6dece8
  3. #e86dec

Tetradic

  1. #ece86d
  2. #71ec6d
  3. #6d71ec
  4. #e86dec

Square

  1. #ece86d
  2. #6deca9
  3. #6d71ec
  4. #ec6db1

Monochromatic

  1. #aaa516
  2. #e3dd29
  3. #ece86d
  4. #f5f3b1
  5. #fdfced

Shades

#ece86d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ece86d
  2. #d4d162
  3. #bdba57
  4. #a5a24c
  5. #8e8b41
  6. #767437
  7. #5e5d2c
  8. #474621
  9. #2f2e16
  10. #18170b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ece86d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ece86d
  2. #eeea7c
  3. #f0ed8a
  4. #f2ef99
  5. #f4f1a7
  6. #f6f4b6
  7. #f7f6c5
  8. #f9f8d3
  9. #fbfae2
  10. #fdfdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ece86d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ece86d
  2. #e1de6f
  3. #d6d371
  4. #ccc973
  5. #c1be75
  6. #b6b477
  7. #abaa78
  8. #a09f7a
  9. #96957c
  10. #8b8a7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e5bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9e061 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe573 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbdbcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e366 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e671 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5e0af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ece86d {
  color: #ece86d;
}
Background
.bg-ece86d {
  background-color: #ece86d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ece86d {
  border: 2px solid #ece86d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ece86d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 232 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 77% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ece86d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece86d, #b1ec6d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ece86d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 232 109 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.94 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.36 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.64 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.39 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.43 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.90 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.94 #131792 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Straw
#ece86d  rgb(236, 232, 109)  hsl(58, 77%, 68%)  Straw
#6d71ec  rgb(109, 113, 236)  hsl(238, 77%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6dece8  rgb(109, 236, 232)  hsl(178, 77%, 68%)  Bright Turquoise
#e86dec  rgb(232, 109, 236)  hsl(298, 77%, 68%)  Orchid