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#EDD99A

#edd99a ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#edd99a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 85.1% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.44% magenta, 35.02% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 45.54°, with 69.75% saturation and 76.67% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6996

Complementary

  1. #edd99a
  2. #9aaeed

Split complementary

  1. #edd99a
  2. #9ad8ed
  3. #b09aed

Analogous

  1. #edb09a
  2. #edd99a
  3. #d8ed9a

Triadic

  1. #edd99a
  2. #9aedd9
  3. #d99aed

Tetradic

  1. #edd99a
  2. #aeed9a
  3. #9aaeed
  4. #d99aed

Square

  1. #edd99a
  2. #9aedb0
  3. #9aaeed
  4. #ed9ad8

Monochromatic

  1. #caa224
  2. #e1c159
  3. #edd99a
  4. #f9f1db
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#edd99a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edd99a
  2. #d5c38b
  3. #beae7b
  4. #a6986c
  5. #8e825c
  6. #776d4d
  7. #5f573e
  8. #47412e
  9. #2f2b1f
  10. #18160f
  11. #000000

Tints

#edd99a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edd99a
  2. #efdda4
  3. #f1e1ae
  4. #f2e4b8
  5. #f4e8c2
  6. #f6eccd
  7. #f8f0d7
  8. #faf4e1
  9. #fbf7eb
  10. #fdfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edd99a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edd99a
  2. #e2d097
  3. #d7c795
  4. #ccbe92
  5. #c1b590
  6. #b7ad8d
  7. #aca48a
  8. #a19b88
  9. #969285
  10. #8b8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2d9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d696 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebdc9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #facfc9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9d797 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdb9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5d3b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edd99a {
  color: #edd99a;
}
Background
.bg-edd99a {
  background-color: #edd99a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edd99a {
  border: 2px solid #edd99a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edd99a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 217 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 70% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edd99a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edd99a, #d8ed9a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edd99a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 217 154 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.22 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.87 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.97 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.09 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 5.22 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.36 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 5.72 #122665 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Vanilla
#edd99a  rgb(237, 217, 154)  hsl(46, 70%, 77%)  Vanilla
#9aaeed  rgb(154, 174, 237)  hsl(226, 70%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9aedd9  rgb(154, 237, 217)  hsl(166, 70%, 77%)  Magic Mint
#d99aed  rgb(217, 154, 237)  hsl(286, 70%, 77%)  Plum