What color is #EEDD66?

#EEDD66 is a light, vivid yellow known as Pollination. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Pollination?

The RGB value is 238, 221, 102: 238 red, 221 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Pollination?

The complementary color is #6677EE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #EEDD66?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Pollination color: hex code #EEDD66

#EEDD66 rgb(238, 221, 102)

Shades of yellow

Pollination has the hex code #EEDD66. It is a light, vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 93.3% red, 86.7% green and 40% blue (238, 221, 102).

Its hue angle is 53°, with 80% saturation and 67% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 57% yellow and 7% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.17:1).

Pollination (#EEDD66) color codes

HEX	`#EEDD66`
RGB	`rgb(238, 221, 102)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.3%, 86.7%, 40%)`
HSL	`hsl(53, 80%, 67%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(53, 57%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 7%, 57%, 7%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(87.41, -8.61, 59.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(87.41, 59.98, 98.25)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(63.517, 70.852, 22.898)`
Decimal	`15654246`
Short hex	`#ED6`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Pollination, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #EEDD66	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#EEDD66 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #EEDD66 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #eedd66; }
.text { color: #eedd66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eedd66; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(238 221 102 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #eedd66, #bbee66); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mustard.

See #EEDD66 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #EEDD66?: #EEDD66 is a light, vivid yellow known as Pollination. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Pollination?: The RGB value is 238, 221, 102: 238 red, 221 green and 102 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Pollination?: The complementary color is #6677EE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #EEDD66?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.