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#EEE79D

#eee79d ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eee79d is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 90.59% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.94% magenta, 34.03% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 54.81°, 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 16.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 2.38.

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Relative luminance0.7776

Complementary

  1. #eee79d
  2. #9da4ee

Split complementary

  1. #eee79d
  2. #9dcdee
  3. #be9dee

Analogous

  1. #eebe9d
  2. #eee79d
  3. #cdee9d

Triadic

  1. #eee79d
  2. #9deee7
  3. #e79dee

Tetradic

  1. #eee79d
  2. #a4ee9d
  3. #9da4ee
  4. #e79dee

Square

  1. #eee79d
  2. #9deebe
  3. #9da4ee
  4. #ee9dcd

Monochromatic

  1. #cebf24
  2. #e3d75c
  3. #eee79d
  4. #f9f7de
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#eee79d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee79d
  2. #d6d08d
  3. #beb97e
  4. #a7a26e
  5. #8f8b5e
  6. #77744f
  7. #5f5c3f
  8. #47452f
  9. #302e1f
  10. #181710
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee79d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee79d
  2. #f0e9a7
  3. #f1ecb1
  4. #f3eeba
  5. #f5f1c4
  6. #f7f3ce
  7. #f8f5d8
  8. #faf8e2
  9. #fcfaeb
  10. #fdfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee79d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee79d
  2. #e3dd9a
  3. #d8d297
  4. #cdc894
  5. #c2be91
  6. #b7b48f
  7. #aca98c
  8. #a19f89
  9. #969586
  10. #8b8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e5cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4e298 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6e6a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faddd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e49a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e79f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5e1c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee79d {
  color: #eee79d;
}
Background
.bg-eee79d {
  background-color: #eee79d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee79d {
  border: 2px solid #eee79d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee79d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 231 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 70% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee79d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee79d, #cdee9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee79d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 231 157 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 2.38 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.88 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.89 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.66 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.99 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.66 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.24 #111862 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#eee79d  rgb(238, 231, 157)  hsl(55, 70%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9da4ee  rgb(157, 164, 238)  hsl(235, 70%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9deee7  rgb(157, 238, 231)  hsl(175, 70%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e79dee  rgb(231, 157, 238)  hsl(295, 70%, 77%)  Plum