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#EEB60E

#eeb60e ≈ Amber

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeb60e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 71.37% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 88.89% saturation and 49.41% 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 11.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Amber (#ffbf00), ΔE 3.18.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5166

Complementary

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #0e46ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #0eb6ee
  3. #460eee

Analogous

  1. #ee460e
  2. #eeb60e
  3. #b6ee0e

Triadic

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #0eeeb6
  3. #b60eee

Tetradic

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #46ee0e
  3. #0e46ee
  4. #b60eee

Square

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #0eee46
  3. #0e46ee
  4. #ee0eb6

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4705
  2. #a67f0a
  3. #eeb60e
  4. #f5cd54
  5. #f9e29c

Shades

#eeb60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #d6a40d
  3. #be920b
  4. #a77f0a
  5. #8f6d08
  6. #775b07
  7. #5f4906
  8. #473704
  9. #302403
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeb60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #f0bd26
  3. #f1c53e
  4. #f3cc56
  5. #f5d36e
  6. #f7db87
  7. #f8e29f
  8. #fae9b7
  9. #fcf0cf
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeb60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeb60e
  2. #e3b119
  3. #d8ab25
  4. #cda630
  5. #c2a03c
  6. #b79b47
  7. #ac9652
  8. #a1905e
  9. #968b69
  10. #8b8575
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bb98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc420 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa49b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3bf1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbab7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeb60e {
  color: #eeb60e;
}
Background
.bg-eeb60e {
  background-color: #eeb60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeb60e {
  border: 2px solid #eeb60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeb60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 182 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 89% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeb60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb60e, #b6ee0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeb60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 182 14 / 0.35);
}

#ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.27 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.28 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.77 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.18 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.35 #1149f1 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Amber
#eeb60e  rgb(238, 182, 14)  hsl(45, 89%, 49%)  Amber
#0e46ee  rgb(14, 70, 238)  hsl(225, 89%, 49%)  Iris
#0eeeb6  rgb(14, 238, 182)  hsl(165, 89%, 49%)  Aquamarine
#b60eee  rgb(182, 14, 238)  hsl(285, 89%, 49%)  Electric Purple