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#FFEE81

#ffee81 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffee81 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 93.33% green and 50.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 49.41% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 51.9°, 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 17.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.8399

Complementary

  1. #ffee81
  2. #8192ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffee81
  2. #81d1ff
  3. #af81ff

Analogous

  1. #ffaf81
  2. #ffee81
  3. #d1ff81

Triadic

  1. #ffee81
  2. #81ffee
  3. #ee81ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffee81
  2. #92ff81
  3. #8192ff
  4. #ee81ff

Square

  1. #ffee81
  2. #81ffaf
  3. #8192ff
  4. #ff81d1

Monochromatic

  1. #e7c800
  2. #ffe434
  3. #ffee81
  4. #fff8cd
  5. #fffceb

Shades

#ffee81 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffee81
  2. #e6d674
  3. #ccbe67
  4. #b3a75a
  5. #998f4d
  6. #807741
  7. #665f34
  8. #4d4727
  9. #33301a
  10. #1a180d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffee81 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffee81
  2. #fff08e
  3. #fff19a
  4. #fff3a7
  5. #fff5b3
  6. #fff7c0
  7. #fff8cd
  8. #fffad9
  9. #fffce6
  10. #fffdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffee81 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffee81
  2. #f2e381
  3. #e6d881
  4. #d9cd81
  5. #ccc281
  6. #c0b781
  7. #b3ac80
  8. #a6a180
  9. #999680
  10. #8d8b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f4edca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe877 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffef86 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffe1d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ffeb7b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffef84 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe6b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffee81 {
  color: #ffee81;
}
Background
.bg-ffee81 {
  background-color: #ffee81;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffee81 {
  border: 2px solid #ffee81;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffee81;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 238 129;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffee81 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffee81, #d1ff81);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffee81 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 238 129 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.75 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.37 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 4.59 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 4.61 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.09 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 5.17 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 5.60 #00117e Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Khaki
#ffee81  rgb(255, 238, 129)  hsl(52, 100%, 75%)  Khaki
#8192ff  rgb(129, 146, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#81ffee  rgb(129, 255, 238)  hsl(172, 100%, 75%)  Turquoise Blue
#ee81ff  rgb(238, 129, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 75%)  Violet