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#EEEA46

#eeea46 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeea46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 91.76% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 70.59% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.57°, with 83.17% saturation and 60.39% 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 16.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.97.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7746

Complementary

  1. #eeea46
  2. #464aee

Split complementary

  1. #eeea46
  2. #469eee
  3. #9646ee

Analogous

  1. #ee9646
  2. #eeea46
  3. #9eee46

Triadic

  1. #eeea46
  2. #46eeea
  3. #ea46ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeea46
  2. #4aee46
  3. #464aee
  4. #ea46ee

Square

  1. #eeea46
  2. #46ee96
  3. #464aee
  4. #ee469e

Monochromatic

  1. #8e8b0d
  2. #d4cf13
  3. #eeea46
  4. #f4f28c
  5. #fbfad2

Shades

#eeea46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeea46
  2. #d6d33f
  3. #bebb38
  4. #a7a431
  5. #8f8c2a
  6. #777523
  7. #5f5e1c
  8. #474615
  9. #302f0e
  10. #181707
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeea46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeea46
  2. #f0ec59
  3. #f1ee6b
  4. #f3f07e
  5. #f5f290
  6. #f7f5a3
  7. #f8f7b5
  8. #faf9c8
  9. #fcfbda
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeea46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeea46
  2. #e3df4c
  3. #d8d552
  4. #cdca57
  5. #c2c05d
  6. #b7b563
  7. #acaa69
  8. #a1a06f
  9. #969574
  10. #8b8b7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e6ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde128 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe752 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e436 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e84e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8e1a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeea46 {
  color: #eeea46;
}
Background
.bg-eeea46 {
  background-color: #eeea46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeea46 {
  border: 2px solid #eeea46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeea46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 234 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 83% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeea46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeea46, #9eee46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeea46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 234 70 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.97 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.11 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.25 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.42 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.53 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.67 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.67 #1115b9 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eeea46  rgb(238, 234, 70)  hsl(59, 83%, 60%)  Icterine
#464aee  rgb(70, 74, 238)  hsl(239, 83%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#46eeea  rgb(70, 238, 234)  hsl(179, 83%, 60%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea46ee  rgb(234, 70, 238)  hsl(299, 83%, 60%)  Fuchsia