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#EDE74B

#ede74b ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ede74b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 90.59% green and 29.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.53% magenta, 68.35% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 57.78°, with 81.82% saturation and 61.18% 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 16.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.7566

Complementary

  1. #ede74b
  2. #4b51ed

Split complementary

  1. #ede74b
  2. #4ba2ed
  3. #964bed

Analogous

  1. #ed964b
  2. #ede74b
  3. #a2ed4b

Triadic

  1. #ede74b
  2. #4bede7
  3. #e74bed

Tetradic

  1. #ede74b
  2. #51ed4b
  3. #4b51ed
  4. #e74bed

Square

  1. #ede74b
  2. #4bed96
  3. #4b51ed
  4. #ed4ba2

Monochromatic

  1. #918c0e
  2. #d6cf15
  3. #ede74b
  4. #f4f091
  5. #fbfad6

Shades

#ede74b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ede74b
  2. #d5d044
  3. #beb93c
  4. #a6a235
  5. #8e8b2d
  6. #777426
  7. #5f5c1e
  8. #474517
  9. #2f2e0f
  10. #181708
  11. #000000

Tints

#ede74b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ede74b
  2. #efe95d
  3. #f1ec6f
  4. #f2ee81
  5. #f4f193
  6. #f6f3a5
  7. #f8f5b7
  8. #faf8c9
  9. #fbfadb
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ede74b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ede74b
  2. #e2dd50
  3. #d7d256
  4. #ccc85b
  5. #c1be60
  6. #b7b466
  7. #aca96b
  8. #a19f70
  9. #969575
  10. #8b8a7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e6e4b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fade32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde456 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fed8c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e23e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e552 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7dea5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ede74b {
  color: #ede74b;
}
Background
.bg-ede74b {
  background-color: #ede74b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ede74b {
  border: 2px solid #ede74b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ede74b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 231 75;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ede74b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ede74b, #a2ed4b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ede74b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 231 75 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.94 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.39 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.43 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.82 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.05 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.07 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.28 #1218b4 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ede74b  rgb(237, 231, 75)  hsl(58, 82%, 61%)  Dandelion
#4b51ed  rgb(75, 81, 237)  hsl(238, 82%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#4bede7  rgb(75, 237, 231)  hsl(178, 82%, 61%)  Bright Turquoise
#e74bed  rgb(231, 75, 237)  hsl(298, 82%, 61%)  Fuchsia