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#EEEC9A

#eeec9a ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eeec9a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 92.55% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.84% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.57°, with 71.19% saturation and 76.86% 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 17.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.805

Complementary

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #9a9cee

Split complementary

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #9ac6ee
  3. #c29aee

Analogous

  1. #eec29a
  2. #eeec9a
  3. #c6ee9a

Triadic

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #9aeeec
  3. #ec9aee

Tetradic

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #9cee9a
  3. #9a9cee
  4. #ec9aee

Square

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #9aeec2
  3. #9a9cee
  4. #ee9ac6

Monochromatic

  1. #cdc922
  2. #e3e059
  3. #eeec9a
  4. #f9f8db
  5. #fcfcee

Shades

#eeec9a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #d6d48b
  3. #bebd7b
  4. #a7a56c
  5. #8f8e5c
  6. #77764d
  7. #5f5e3e
  8. #47472e
  9. #302f1f
  10. #18180f
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeec9a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #f0eea4
  3. #f1f0ae
  4. #f3f2b8
  5. #f5f4c2
  6. #f7f6cd
  7. #f8f7d7
  8. #faf9e1
  9. #fcfbeb
  10. #fdfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeec9a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeec9a
  2. #e3e197
  3. #d8d695
  4. #cdcc92
  5. #c2c190
  6. #b7b68d
  7. #acab8a
  8. #a1a088
  9. #969685
  10. #8b8b83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9e694 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbea9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9e2d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e896 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6eb9c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5e6c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeec9a {
  color: #eeec9a;
}
Background
.bg-eeec9a {
  background-color: #eeec9a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeec9a {
  border: 2px solid #eeec9a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeec9a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 236 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeec9a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeec9a, #c6ee9a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeec9a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 236 154 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.83 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.87 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.53 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.52 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 5.80 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.93 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.20 #111365 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Khaki
#eeec9a  rgb(238, 236, 154)  hsl(59, 71%, 77%)  Khaki
#9a9cee  rgb(154, 156, 238)  hsl(239, 71%, 77%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9aeeec  rgb(154, 238, 236)  hsl(179, 71%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#ec9aee  rgb(236, 154, 238)  hsl(299, 71%, 77%)  Plum