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#EDE22E

#ede22e ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ede22e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 88.63% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.64% magenta, 80.59% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 56.54°, with 84.14% saturation and 55.49% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 0.93.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7259

Complementary

  1. #ede22e
  2. #2e39ed

Split complementary

  1. #ede22e
  2. #2e99ed
  3. #822eed

Analogous

  1. #ed822e
  2. #ede22e
  3. #99ed2e

Triadic

  1. #ede22e
  2. #2eede2
  3. #e22eed

Tetradic

  1. #ede22e
  2. #39ed2e
  3. #2e39ed
  4. #e22eed

Square

  1. #ede22e
  2. #2eed82
  3. #2e39ed
  4. #ed2e99

Monochromatic

  1. #78710a
  2. #beb410
  3. #ede22e
  4. #f3ec74
  5. #f9f6bb

Shades

#ede22e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ede22e
  2. #d5cb29
  3. #beb525
  4. #a69e20
  5. #8e881c
  6. #777117
  7. #5f5a12
  8. #47440e
  9. #2f2d09
  10. #181705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ede22e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ede22e
  2. #efe543
  3. #f1e858
  4. #f2eb6d
  5. #f4ee82
  6. #f6f197
  7. #f8f3ab
  8. #faf6c0
  9. #fbf9d5
  10. #fdfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ede22e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ede22e
  2. #e2d836
  3. #d7ce3e
  4. #ccc547
  5. #c1bb4f
  6. #b7b157
  7. #aca75f
  8. #a19d67
  9. #969470
  10. #8b8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4dfb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fae13f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3dd0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e139 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8d99c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ede22e {
  color: #ede22e;
}
Background
.bg-ede22e {
  background-color: #ede22e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ede22e {
  border: 2px solid #ede22e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ede22e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 226 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ede22e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ede22e, #99ed2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ede22e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 226 46 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 0.93 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.81 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.57 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.86 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.41 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.53 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.79 #121dd1 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ede22e  rgb(237, 226, 46)  hsl(57, 84%, 55%)  Dandelion
#2e39ed  rgb(46, 57, 237)  hsl(237, 84%, 55%)  Han Purple
#2eede2  rgb(46, 237, 226)  hsl(177, 84%, 55%)  Bright Turquoise
#e22eed  rgb(226, 46, 237)  hsl(297, 84%, 55%)  Fuchsia