Information about Bee Yellow color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange, #E9AB17 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Squash (#F2AB15). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Google Yellow (#EEB211) and Urobilin (#E1AD21).
In RGB terms — rgb(233, 171, 23) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #E9AB17 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. The name "Bee Yellow" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Bee Yellow color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Bee Yellow color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Bee Yellow color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Bee Yellow color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Bee Yellow color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Bee Yellow color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Bee Yellow color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Bee Yellow
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#F2AB15
#EEB211
#E1AD21
#EAA221
#F6B511
#FAB217
#DAA520
#E49B0F
#DEBA13
#E8BE14
#F79E1B
#EEBE15
Bee Yellow color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E9AB17
- RGB233, 171, 23
- CMYK0, 24, 82, 9
- CSSrgb(233, 171, 23)
- HSL42°, 83%, 50%
- HSL Precise42.286°, 82.677%, 50.196%
- HSV42°, 90%, 91%
- HSB42°, 90%, 91%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.914
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
- GLSLvec3(0.914, 0.671, 0.090)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.914, 0.671, 0.090, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.914, 0.671, 0.090)
- Percentage of Red in RGB91.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDE9AB17
- DECIMAL ID15313687
- Name Length10
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- Counting from2025-01-01
