#eeb600

Color #eeb600

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 12.42 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#eeb600

RGB

rgb(238, 182, 0)

HSL

hsl(45.9, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.9, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 100%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(77.06, 7.78, 79.47)

LCH

lch(77.06, 79.85, 84.41)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1648, 86.17)

HWB

hwb(45.9, 0%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0038ee

Analogous

#ee3f00

#eeb600

#afee00

Triadic

#eeb600

#00eeb6

#b600ee

Split-complementary

#eeb600

#00afee

#3f00ee

Tetradic

#eeb600

#38ee00

#0038ee

#b600ee

Square

#eeb600

#00ee3f

#0038ee

#ee00af

Shades

Color #eeb600 mixed toward black.

#c69800

#9f7900

#775b00

#4f3d00

#281e00

Tints

Color #eeb600 mixed toward white.

#ffca1c

#ffd44a

#ffdf77

#ffeaa4

#fff4d2

Tones

Color #eeb600 mixed toward gray.

#daac14

#c6a128

#b3973c

#9f8c4f

#8b8263

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d85f · ΔE 16.1

Deuteranopia

#dbdf69 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#ec7c82 · ΔE 42

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 28.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #eeb600;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#eeb600]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#eeb600 (#eeb600) is rgb(238, 182, 0) in RGB.

No, #eeb600 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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