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#EFE22E

#efe22e ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#efe22e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 88.63% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.44% magenta, 80.75% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 55.96°, with 85.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 15.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 0.5.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7294

Complementary

  1. #efe22e
  2. #2e3bef

Split complementary

  1. #efe22e
  2. #2e9bef
  3. #812eef

Analogous

  1. #ef812e
  2. #efe22e
  3. #9bef2e

Triadic

  1. #efe22e
  2. #2eefe2
  3. #e22eef

Tetradic

  1. #efe22e
  2. #3bef2e
  3. #2e3bef
  4. #e22eef

Square

  1. #efe22e
  2. #2eef81
  3. #2e3bef
  4. #ef2e9b

Monochromatic

  1. #7b7309
  2. #c2b60f
  3. #efe22e
  4. #f4ec75
  5. #faf6bc

Shades

#efe22e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efe22e
  2. #d7cb29
  3. #bfb525
  4. #a79e20
  5. #8f881c
  6. #787117
  7. #605a12
  8. #48440e
  9. #302d09
  10. #181705
  11. #000000

Tints

#efe22e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efe22e
  2. #f1e543
  3. #f2e858
  4. #f4eb6d
  5. #f5ee82
  6. #f7f197
  7. #f9f3ab
  8. #faf6c0
  9. #fcf9d5
  10. #fdfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efe22e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efe22e
  2. #e4d836
  3. #d9ce3e
  4. #cec547
  5. #c3bb4f
  6. #b8b157
  7. #aca75f
  8. #a19d67
  9. #969470
  10. #8b8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e5e0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe13e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4dd0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f6e239 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fad99c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efe22e {
  color: #efe22e;
}
Background
.bg-efe22e {
  background-color: #efe22e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efe22e {
  border: 2px solid #efe22e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efe22e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 226 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 86% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efe22e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efe22e, #9bef2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efe22e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 226 46 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 0.50 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.38 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.65 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.07 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.26 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.72 #101dd1 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Dandelion
#efe22e  rgb(239, 226, 46)  hsl(56, 86%, 56%)  Dandelion
#2e3bef  rgb(46, 59, 239)  hsl(236, 86%, 56%)  Han Purple
#2eefe2  rgb(46, 239, 226)  hsl(176, 86%, 56%)  Bright Turquoise
#e22eef  rgb(226, 46, 239)  hsl(296, 86%, 56%)  Fuchsia