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#FFEAAA

#ffeaaa ≈ Vanilla

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffeaaa is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 91.76% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 45.18°, with 100% saturation and 83.33% 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 17.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vanilla (#f3e5ab), ΔE 2.63.

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Relative luminance0.8301

Complementary

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #aabfff

Split complementary

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #aae9ff
  3. #bfaaff

Analogous

  1. #ffbfaa
  2. #ffeaaa
  3. #e9ffaa

Triadic

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #aaffea
  3. #eaaaff

Tetradic

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #bfffaa
  3. #aabfff
  4. #eaaaff

Square

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #aaffbf
  3. #aabfff
  4. #ffaae9

Monochromatic

  1. #ffc411
  2. #ffd75d
  3. #ffeaaa
  4. #fffaeb
  5. #fffaeb

Shades

#ffeaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #e6d399
  3. #ccbb88
  4. #b3a477
  5. #998c66
  6. #807555
  7. #665e44
  8. #4d4633
  9. #332f22
  10. #1a1711
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffeaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #ffecb3
  3. #ffeebb
  4. #fff0c4
  5. #fff2cc
  6. #fff5d5
  7. #fff7dd
  8. #fff9e6
  9. #fffbee
  10. #fffdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffeaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffeaaa
  2. #f2dfa6
  3. #e6d5a2
  4. #d9ca9d
  5. #ccc099
  6. #c0b595
  7. #b3aa91
  8. #a6a08d
  9. #999588
  10. #8d8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f3ebd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8e7a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fdeeac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe0d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fbe8a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #feecab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffeaaa {
  color: #ffeaaa;
}
Background
.bg-ffeaaa {
  background-color: #ffeaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffeaaa {
  border: 2px solid #ffeaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffeaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 234 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffeaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffeaaa, #e9ffaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffeaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 234 170 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 2.63 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 4.19 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.38 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 4.62 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 4.90 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 5.61 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 5.88 #001555 Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Vanilla
#ffeaaa  rgb(255, 234, 170)  hsl(45, 100%, 83%)  Vanilla
#aabfff  rgb(170, 191, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#aaffea  rgb(170, 255, 234)  hsl(165, 100%, 83%)  Magic Mint
#eaaaff  rgb(234, 170, 255)  hsl(285, 100%, 83%)  Mauve