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#EEED62

#eeed62 ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#eeed62 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 92.94% green and 38.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.42% magenta, 58.82% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 59.57°, with 80.46% saturation and 65.88% 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 16.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7963

Complementary

  1. #eeed62
  2. #6263ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeed62
  2. #62a9ee
  3. #a762ee

Analogous

  1. #eea762
  2. #eeed62
  3. #a9ee62

Triadic

  1. #eeed62
  2. #62eeed
  3. #ed62ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeed62
  2. #63ee62
  3. #6263ee
  4. #ed62ee

Square

  1. #eeed62
  2. #62eea7
  3. #6263ee
  4. #ee62a9

Monochromatic

  1. #a5a412
  2. #e7e51d
  3. #eeed62
  4. #f5f5a7
  5. #fdfdec

Shades

#eeed62 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeed62
  2. #d6d558
  3. #bebe4e
  4. #a7a645
  5. #8f8e3b
  6. #777731
  7. #5f5f27
  8. #47471d
  9. #302f14
  10. #18180a
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeed62 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeed62
  2. #f0ef72
  3. #f1f181
  4. #f3f291
  5. #f5f4a1
  6. #f7f6b1
  7. #f8f8c0
  8. #fafad0
  9. #fcfbe0
  10. #fdfdef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeed62 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeed62
  2. #e3e265
  3. #d8d768
  4. #cdcc6b
  5. #c2c16e
  6. #b7b771
  7. #acac74
  8. #a1a177
  9. #96967a
  10. #8b8b7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe452 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe96a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fddfcf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8e859 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9eb67 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7e5ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeed62 {
  color: #eeed62;
}
Background
.bg-eeed62 {
  background-color: #eeed62;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeed62 {
  border: 2px solid #eeed62;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeed62;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 237 98;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 80% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeed62 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeed62, #a9ee62);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeed62 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 237 98 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 2.79 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 3.85 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.34 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.42 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.68 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.75 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.82 #11129d Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eeed62  rgb(238, 237, 98)  hsl(60, 80%, 66%)  Icterine
#6263ee  rgb(98, 99, 238)  hsl(240, 80%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#62eeed  rgb(98, 238, 237)  hsl(180, 80%, 66%)  Electric Blue
#ed62ee  rgb(237, 98, 238)  hsl(300, 80%, 66%)  Heliotrope