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#EDD99E

#edd99e ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#edd99e 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 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.44% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 44.81°, with 68.7% saturation and 77.45% 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 15.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.701

Complementary

  1. #edd99e
  2. #9eb2ed

Split complementary

  1. #edd99e
  2. #9ed9ed
  3. #b19eed

Analogous

  1. #edb19e
  2. #edd99e
  3. #d9ed9e

Triadic

  1. #edd99e
  2. #9eedd9
  3. #d99eed

Tetradic

  1. #edd99e
  2. #b2ed9e
  3. #9eb2ed
  4. #d99eed

Square

  1. #edd99e
  2. #9eedb1
  3. #9eb2ed
  4. #ed9ed9

Monochromatic

  1. #cca226
  2. #e1c05d
  3. #edd99e
  4. #f9f2df
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#edd99e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edd99e
  2. #d5c38e
  3. #beae7e
  4. #a6986f
  5. #8e825f
  6. #776d4f
  7. #5f573f
  8. #47412f
  9. #2f2b20
  10. #181610
  11. #000000

Tints

#edd99e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edd99e
  2. #efdda8
  3. #f1e1b1
  4. #f2e4bb
  5. #f4e8c5
  6. #f6eccf
  7. #f8f0d8
  8. #faf4e2
  9. #fbf7ec
  10. #fdfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edd99e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edd99e
  2. #e2d09b
  3. #d7c798
  4. #ccbe95
  5. #c1b592
  6. #b7ad8f
  7. #aca48c
  8. #a19b89
  9. #969286
  10. #8b8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2dac5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d79a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebdda0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9d0ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9d89c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdb9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edd99e {
  color: #edd99e;
}
Background
.bg-edd99e {
  background-color: #edd99e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edd99e {
  border: 2px solid #edd99e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edd99e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 217 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 69% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edd99e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edd99e, #d9ed9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edd99e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 217 158 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.08 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 4.57 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.62 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 5.09 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.20 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.70 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 5.71 #122661 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Vanilla
#edd99e  rgb(237, 217, 158)  hsl(45, 69%, 77%)  Vanilla
#9eb2ed  rgb(158, 178, 237)  hsl(225, 69%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9eedd9  rgb(158, 237, 217)  hsl(165, 69%, 77%)  Magic Mint
#d99eed  rgb(217, 158, 237)  hsl(285, 69%, 77%)  Plum