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#EEEA4C

#eeea4c ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeea4c 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 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 68.07% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.52°, with 82.65% saturation and 61.57% 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 16.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.7754

Complementary

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #4c50ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #4ca1ee
  3. #994cee

Analogous

  1. #ee994c
  2. #eeea4c
  3. #a1ee4c

Triadic

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #4ceeea
  3. #ea4cee

Tetradic

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #50ee4c
  3. #4c50ee
  4. #ea4cee

Square

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #4cee99
  3. #4c50ee
  4. #ee4ca1

Monochromatic

  1. #93900e
  2. #d9d415
  3. #eeea4c
  4. #f5f292
  5. #fbfad8

Shades

#eeea4c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #d6d344
  3. #bebb3d
  4. #a7a435
  5. #8f8c2e
  6. #777526
  7. #5f5e1e
  8. #474617
  9. #302f0f
  10. #181708
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeea4c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #f0ec5e
  3. #f1ee70
  4. #f3f082
  5. #f5f294
  6. #f7f5a6
  7. #f8f7b7
  8. #faf9c9
  9. #fcfbdb
  10. #fdfded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeea4c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeea4c
  2. #e3df51
  3. #d8d556
  4. #cdca5c
  5. #c2c061
  6. #b7b566
  7. #acaa6b
  8. #a1a070
  9. #969576
  10. #8b8b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8e6bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fde133 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe757 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e53e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9e853 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8e1a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeea4c {
  color: #eeea4c;
}
Background
.bg-eeea4c {
  background-color: #eeea4c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeea4c {
  border: 2px solid #eeea4c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeea4c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 234 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeea4c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeea4c, #a1ee4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeea4c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 234 76 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.84 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.47 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.56 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.40 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.80 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.04 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.05 #1115b3 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eeea4c  rgb(238, 234, 76)  hsl(59, 83%, 62%)  Icterine
#4c50ee  rgb(76, 80, 238)  hsl(239, 83%, 62%)  Majorelle Blue
#4ceeea  rgb(76, 238, 234)  hsl(179, 83%, 62%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4cee  rgb(234, 76, 238)  hsl(299, 83%, 62%)  Fuchsia