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#EDE85F

#ede85f ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ede85f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 90.98% green and 37.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.11% magenta, 59.92% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 57.89°, with 79.78% saturation and 65.1% 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 16.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7654

Complementary

  1. #ede85f
  2. #5f64ed

Split complementary

  1. #ede85f
  2. #5fabed
  3. #a15fed

Analogous

  1. #eda15f
  2. #ede85f
  3. #abed5f

Triadic

  1. #ede85f
  2. #5fede8
  3. #e85fed

Tetradic

  1. #ede85f
  2. #64ed5f
  3. #5f64ed
  4. #e85fed

Square

  1. #ede85f
  2. #5feda1
  3. #5f64ed
  4. #ed5fab

Monochromatic

  1. #a19c12
  2. #e5de1a
  3. #ede85f
  4. #f5f2a4
  5. #fcfce9

Shades

#ede85f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ede85f
  2. #d5d156
  3. #beba4c
  4. #a6a243
  5. #8e8b39
  6. #777430
  7. #5f5d26
  8. #47461d
  9. #2f2e13
  10. #18170a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ede85f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ede85f
  2. #efea6f
  3. #f1ed7f
  4. #f2ef8f
  5. #f4f19f
  6. #f6f4af
  7. #f8f6bf
  8. #faf8cf
  9. #fbfadf
  10. #fdfdef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ede85f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ede85f
  2. #e2de62
  3. #d7d366
  4. #ccc969
  5. #c1be6c
  6. #b7b470
  7. #acaa73
  8. #a19f76
  9. #969579
  10. #8b8a7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e3e3e3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e5bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fae04f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde567 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fddacb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e356 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e664 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7e0aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ede85f {
  color: #ede85f;
}
Background
.bg-ede85f {
  background-color: #ede85f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ede85f {
  border: 2px solid #ede85f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ede85f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 232 95;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 80% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ede85f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ede85f, #abed5f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ede85f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 232 95 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.44 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.47 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.76 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.86 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.28 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.65 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.05 #1217a0 Inverted #e3e3e3 Grayscale 

Icterine
#ede85f  rgb(237, 232, 95)  hsl(58, 80%, 65%)  Icterine
#5f64ed  rgb(95, 100, 237)  hsl(238, 80%, 65%)  Ultramarine Blue
#5fede8  rgb(95, 237, 232)  hsl(178, 80%, 65%)  Bright Turquoise
#e85fed  rgb(232, 95, 237)  hsl(298, 80%, 65%)  Heliotrope