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#EFE117

#efe117 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#efe117 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 88.24% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.86% magenta, 90.38% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 56.11°, with 87.1% saturation and 51.37% 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 15.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.07.

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Relative luminance0.7226

Complementary

  1. #efe117
  2. #1725ef

Split complementary

  1. #efe117
  2. #1791ef
  3. #7517ef

Analogous

  1. #ef7517
  2. #efe117
  3. #91ef17

Triadic

  1. #efe117
  2. #17efe1
  3. #e117ef

Tetradic

  1. #efe117
  2. #25ef17
  3. #1725ef
  4. #e117ef

Square

  1. #efe117
  2. #17ef75
  3. #1725ef
  4. #ef1791

Monochromatic

  1. #666007
  2. #aea30c
  3. #efe117
  4. #f4ea5f
  5. #f9f4a6

Shades

#efe117 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efe117
  2. #d7cb15
  3. #bfb412
  4. #a79e10
  5. #8f870e
  6. #78710c
  7. #605a09
  8. #484407
  9. #302d05
  10. #181702
  11. #000000

Tints

#efe117 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efe117
  2. #f1e42e
  3. #f2e745
  4. #f4ea5d
  5. #f5ed74
  6. #f7f08b
  7. #f9f3a2
  8. #faf6b9
  9. #fcf9d1
  10. #fdfce8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efe117 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efe117
  2. #e4d722
  3. #d9ce2c
  4. #cec437
  5. #c3ba41
  6. #b8b14c
  7. #aca756
  8. #a19d61
  9. #96936b
  10. #8b8a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4dfb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe031 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd1c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e128 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fad799 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efe117 {
  color: #efe117;
}
Background
.bg-efe117 {
  background-color: #efe117;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efe117 {
  border: 2px solid #efe117;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efe117;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 225 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efe117 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efe117, #91ef17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efe117 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 225 23 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.07 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.67 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.06 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.33 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.98 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.98 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.24 #101ee8 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#efe117  rgb(239, 225, 23)  hsl(56, 87%, 51%)  Dandelion
#1725ef  rgb(23, 37, 239)  hsl(236, 87%, 51%)  Blue
#17efe1  rgb(23, 239, 225)  hsl(176, 87%, 51%)  Bright Turquoise
#e117ef  rgb(225, 23, 239)  hsl(296, 87%, 51%)  Fuchsia