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#E2C00A

#e2c00a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.04% magenta, 95.58% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 50.56°, with 91.53% saturation and 46.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.5389

Complementary

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #0a2ce2

Split complementary

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #0a98e2
  3. #540ae2

Analogous

  1. #e2540a
  2. #e2c00a
  3. #98e20a

Triadic

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #0ae2c0
  3. #c00ae2

Tetradic

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #2ce20a
  3. #0a2ce2
  4. #c00ae2

Square

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #0ae254
  3. #0a2ce2
  4. #e20a98

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4404
  2. #998207
  3. #e2c00a
  4. #f7da42
  5. #fae88b

Shades

#e2c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #cbad09
  3. #b59a08
  4. #9e8607
  5. #887306
  6. #716005
  7. #5a4d04
  8. #443a03
  9. #2d2602
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #e5c623
  3. #e8cd3b
  4. #ebd354
  5. #eed96c
  6. #f1e085
  7. #f3e69d
  8. #f6ecb6
  9. #f9f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2c00a
  2. #d8ba16
  3. #ceb322
  4. #c5ad2d
  5. #bba639
  6. #b1a045
  7. #a79a51
  8. #9d935d
  9. #948d68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c19a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec623 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbbe00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c41b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eeb682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2c00a {
  color: #e2c00a;
}
Background
.bg-e2c00a {
  background-color: #e2c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2c00a {
  border: 2px solid #e2c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 92% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2c00a, #98e20a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.38 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.99 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.21 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.58 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.81 #1d3ff5 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e2c00a  rgb(226, 192, 10)  hsl(51, 92%, 46%)  Jonquil
#0a2ce2  rgb(10, 44, 226)  hsl(231, 92%, 46%)  Blue
#0ae2c0  rgb(10, 226, 192)  hsl(171, 92%, 46%)  Turquoise
#c00ae2  rgb(192, 10, 226)  hsl(291, 92%, 46%)  Electric Purple