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#FFEC81

#ffec81 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffec81 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 92.55% green and 50.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 49.41% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.95°, with 100% saturation and 75.29% 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 17.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.8284

Complementary

  1. #ffec81
  2. #8194ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffec81
  2. #81d3ff
  3. #ad81ff

Analogous

  1. #ffad81
  2. #ffec81
  3. #d3ff81

Triadic

  1. #ffec81
  2. #81ffec
  3. #ec81ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffec81
  2. #94ff81
  3. #8194ff
  4. #ec81ff

Square

  1. #ffec81
  2. #81ffad
  3. #8194ff
  4. #ff81d3

Monochromatic

  1. #e7c400
  2. #ffe034
  3. #ffec81
  4. #fff8cd
  5. #fffceb

Shades

#ffec81 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffec81
  2. #e6d474
  3. #ccbd67
  4. #b3a55a
  5. #998e4d
  6. #807641
  7. #665e34
  8. #4d4727
  9. #332f1a
  10. #1a180d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffec81 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffec81
  2. #ffee8e
  3. #fff09a
  4. #fff2a7
  5. #fff4b3
  6. #fff6c0
  7. #fff7cd
  8. #fff9d9
  9. #fffbe6
  10. #fffdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffec81 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffec81
  2. #f2e181
  3. #e6d681
  4. #d9cc81
  5. #ccc181
  6. #c0b681
  7. #b3ab80
  8. #a6a080
  9. #999680
  10. #8d8b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ebebeb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f3ebc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fee778 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffee86 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffdfd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fee97c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffed84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe4b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffec81 {
  color: #ffec81;
}
Background
.bg-ffec81 {
  background-color: #ffec81;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffec81 {
  border: 2px solid #ffec81;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffec81;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 236 129;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffec81 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffec81, #d3ff81);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffec81 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 236 129 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.72 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 3.72 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.11 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.15 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.96 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.32 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.74 #00137e Inverted #ebebeb Grayscale 

Khaki
#ffec81  rgb(255, 236, 129)  hsl(51, 100%, 75%)  Khaki
#8194ff  rgb(129, 148, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#81ffec  rgb(129, 255, 236)  hsl(171, 100%, 75%)  Turquoise Blue
#ec81ff  rgb(236, 129, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 75%)  Violet