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#EED69D

#eed69d ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eed69d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 83.92% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.08% magenta, 34.03% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.22°, with 70.43% saturation and 77.45% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 3.96.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.687

Complementary

  1. #eed69d
  2. #9db5ee

Split complementary

  1. #eed69d
  2. #9dddee
  3. #ad9dee

Analogous

  1. #eead9d
  2. #eed69d
  3. #ddee9d

Triadic

  1. #eed69d
  2. #9deed6
  3. #d69dee

Tetradic

  1. #eed69d
  2. #b5ee9d
  3. #9db5ee
  4. #d69dee

Square

  1. #eed69d
  2. #9deead
  3. #9db5ee
  4. #ee9ddd

Monochromatic

  1. #ce9c24
  2. #e3bb5c
  3. #eed69d
  4. #f9f1de
  5. #fcf8ee

Shades

#eed69d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eed69d
  2. #d6c18d
  3. #beab7e
  4. #a7966e
  5. #8f805e
  6. #776b4f
  7. #5f563f
  8. #47402f
  9. #302b1f
  10. #181510
  11. #000000

Tints

#eed69d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eed69d
  2. #f0daa7
  3. #f1deb1
  4. #f3e2ba
  5. #f5e6c4
  6. #f7ebce
  7. #f8efd8
  8. #faf3e2
  9. #fcf7eb
  10. #fdfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eed69d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eed69d
  2. #e3cd9a
  3. #d8c597
  4. #cdbc94
  5. #c2b491
  6. #b7ab8f
  7. #aca28c
  8. #a19a89
  9. #969186
  10. #8b8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1d7c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3d499 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9db9f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbcdc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8d59b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd99e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6d0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eed69d {
  color: #eed69d;
}
Background
.bg-eed69d {
  background-color: #eed69d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eed69d {
  border: 2px solid #eed69d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eed69d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 214 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 70% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eed69d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eed69d, #ddee9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eed69d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 214 157 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 3.96 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.19 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.36 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 4.49 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.61 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 4.91 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.53 #112962 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Wheat
#eed69d  rgb(238, 214, 157)  hsl(42, 70%, 77%)  Wheat
#9db5ee  rgb(157, 181, 238)  hsl(222, 70%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9deed6  rgb(157, 238, 214)  hsl(162, 70%, 77%)  Magic Mint
#d69dee  rgb(214, 157, 238)  hsl(282, 70%, 77%)  Wisteria