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#EEED6F

#eeed6f ≈ Icterine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eeed6f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 92.94% green and 43.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.42% magenta, 53.36% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 59.53°, with 78.88% saturation and 68.43% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Icterine (#fcf75e), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7989

Complementary

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #6f70ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #6fafee
  3. #ae6fee

Analogous

  1. #eeae6f
  2. #eeed6f
  3. #afee6f

Triadic

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #6feeed
  3. #ed6fee

Tetradic

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #70ee6f
  3. #6f70ee
  4. #ed6fee

Square

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #6feeae
  3. #6f70ee
  4. #ee6faf

Monochromatic

  1. #afae15
  2. #e6e42b
  3. #eeed6f
  4. #f6f6b3
  5. #fdfded

Shades

#eeed6f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #d6d564
  3. #bebe59
  4. #a7a64e
  5. #8f8e43
  6. #777738
  7. #5f5f2c
  8. #474721
  9. #302f16
  10. #18180b
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeed6f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #f0ef7d
  3. #f1f18c
  4. #f3f29a
  5. #f5f4a9
  6. #f7f6b7
  7. #f8f8c5
  8. #fafad4
  9. #fcfbe2
  10. #fdfdf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeed6f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeed6f
  2. #e3e271
  3. #d8d772
  4. #cdcc74
  5. #c2c176
  6. #b7b778
  7. #acac79
  8. #a1a17b
  9. #96967d
  10. #8b8b7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee462 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe976 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fde0d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8e868 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f9eb73 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7e5b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeed6f {
  color: #eeed6f;
}
Background
.bg-eeed6f {
  background-color: #eeed6f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeed6f {
  border: 2px solid #eeed6f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeed6f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 237 111;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeed6f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeed6f, #afee6f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeed6f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 237 111 / 0.35);
}

#fcf75e Icterine ΔE 3.72 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.47 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.70 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.11 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.22 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.22 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.39 #111290 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Icterine
#eeed6f  rgb(238, 237, 111)  hsl(60, 79%, 68%)  Icterine
#6f70ee  rgb(111, 112, 238)  hsl(240, 79%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#6feeed  rgb(111, 238, 237)  hsl(180, 79%, 68%)  Electric Blue
#ed6fee  rgb(237, 111, 238)  hsl(300, 79%, 68%)  Fuchsia Pink