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#EEB40F

#eeb40f ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb40f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 70.59% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.37% magenta, 93.7% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 44.39°, with 88.14% saturation and 49.61% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 3.37.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5085

Complementary

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #0f49ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #0fb9ee
  3. #440fee

Analogous

  1. #ee440f
  2. #eeb40f
  3. #b9ee0f

Triadic

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #0feeb4
  3. #b40fee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #49ee0f
  3. #0f49ee
  4. #b40fee

Square

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #0fee44
  3. #0f49ee
  4. #ee0fb9

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4706
  2. #a67e0a
  3. #eeb40f
  4. #f4cb55
  5. #f9e19d

Shades

#eeb40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #d6a20e
  3. #be900c
  4. #a77e0b
  5. #8f6c09
  6. #775a08
  7. #5f4806
  8. #473605
  9. #302403
  10. #181202
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #f0bc27
  3. #f1c33f
  4. #f3cb57
  5. #f5d26f
  6. #f7da87
  7. #f8e19f
  8. #fae9b7
  9. #fcf0cf
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb40f
  2. #e3af1a
  3. #d8aa26
  4. #cda431
  5. #c29f3c
  6. #b79a48
  7. #ac9553
  8. #a1905e
  9. #968a69
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2b996 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc320 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa19a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbb400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3bd1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba97a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb40f {
  color: #eeb40f;
}
Background
.bg-eeb40f {
  background-color: #eeb40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb40f {
  border: 2px solid #eeb40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 180 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb40f, #b9ee0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 180 15 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.48 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.78 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.20 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.75 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.92 #114bf0 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Amber
#eeb40f  rgb(238, 180, 15)  hsl(44, 88%, 50%)  Amber
#0f49ee  rgb(15, 73, 238)  hsl(224, 88%, 50%)  Iris
#0feeb4  rgb(15, 238, 180)  hsl(164, 88%, 50%)  Aquamarine
#b40fee  rgb(180, 15, 238)  hsl(284, 88%, 50%)  Electric Purple