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#EEE218

#eee218 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eee218 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 88.63% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.04% magenta, 89.92% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.64°, with 86.29% saturation and 51.37% 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 15.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.22.

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Relative luminance0.7264

Complementary

  1. #eee218
  2. #1824ee

Split complementary

  1. #eee218
  2. #188fee
  3. #7718ee

Analogous

  1. #ee7718
  2. #eee218
  3. #8fee18

Triadic

  1. #eee218
  2. #18eee2
  3. #e218ee

Tetradic

  1. #eee218
  2. #24ee18
  3. #1824ee
  4. #e218ee

Square

  1. #eee218
  2. #18ee77
  3. #1824ee
  4. #ee188f

Monochromatic

  1. #666007
  2. #ada40d
  3. #eee218
  4. #f3eb5f
  5. #f8f4a7

Shades

#eee218 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee218
  2. #d6cb16
  3. #beb513
  4. #a79e11
  5. #8f880e
  6. #77710c
  7. #5f5a0a
  8. #474407
  9. #302d05
  10. #181702
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee218 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee218
  2. #f0e52f
  3. #f1e846
  4. #f3eb5d
  5. #f5ee74
  6. #f7f18c
  7. #f8f3a3
  8. #faf6ba
  9. #fcf9d1
  10. #fdfce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee218 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee218
  2. #e3d822
  3. #d8ce2d
  4. #cdc537
  5. #c2bb42
  6. #b7b14c
  7. #aca756
  8. #a19d61
  9. #96946b
  10. #8b8a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4dfb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe132 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3dd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e129 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9d89a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee218 {
  color: #eee218;
}
Background
.bg-eee218 {
  background-color: #eee218;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee218 {
  border: 2px solid #eee218;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee218;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 226 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee218 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee218, #8fee18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee218 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 226 24 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.22 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.26 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.00 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.30 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.30 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.39 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.41 #111de7 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#eee218  rgb(238, 226, 24)  hsl(57, 86%, 51%)  Dandelion
#1824ee  rgb(24, 36, 238)  hsl(237, 86%, 51%)  Blue
#18eee2  rgb(24, 238, 226)  hsl(177, 86%, 51%)  Bright Turquoise
#e218ee  rgb(226, 24, 238)  hsl(297, 86%, 51%)  Fuchsia