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#EEE66C

#eee66c ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eee66c is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 90.2% green and 42.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.36% magenta, 54.62% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.31°, with 79.27% saturation and 67.84% 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 16.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7585

Complementary

  1. #eee66c
  2. #6c74ee

Split complementary

  1. #eee66c
  2. #6cb5ee
  3. #a56cee

Analogous

  1. #eea56c
  2. #eee66c
  3. #b5ee6c

Triadic

  1. #eee66c
  2. #6ceee6
  3. #e66cee

Tetradic

  1. #eee66c
  2. #74ee6c
  3. #6c74ee
  4. #e66cee

Square

  1. #eee66c
  2. #6ceea5
  3. #6c74ee
  4. #ee6cb5

Monochromatic

  1. #ada414
  2. #e6da27
  3. #eee66c
  4. #f6f2b1
  5. #fdfced

Shades

#eee66c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee66c
  2. #d6cf61
  3. #beb856
  4. #a7a14c
  5. #8f8a41
  6. #777336
  7. #5f5c2b
  8. #474520
  9. #302e16
  10. #18170b
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee66c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee66c
  2. #f0e97b
  3. #f1eb89
  4. #f3ee98
  5. #f5f0a7
  6. #f7f3b6
  7. #f8f5c4
  8. #faf8d3
  9. #fcfae2
  10. #fdfdf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee66c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee66c
  2. #e3dc6e
  3. #d8d270
  4. #cdc772
  5. #c2bd74
  6. #b7b376
  7. #aca978
  8. #a19f7a
  9. #96947c
  10. #8b8a7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e7e3be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7df60 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe472 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdd9cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e265 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e570 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7dead ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee66c {
  color: #eee66c;
}
Background
.bg-eee66c {
  background-color: #eee66c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee66c {
  border: 2px solid #eee66c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee66c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 230 108;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee66c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee66c, #b5ee6c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee66c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 230 108 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.38 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.40 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.59 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.26 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.41 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.55 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.87 #111993 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Straw
#eee66c  rgb(238, 230, 108)  hsl(56, 79%, 68%)  Straw
#6c74ee  rgb(108, 116, 238)  hsl(236, 79%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6ceee6  rgb(108, 238, 230)  hsl(176, 79%, 68%)  Bright Turquoise
#e66cee  rgb(230, 108, 238)  hsl(296, 79%, 68%)  Heliotrope