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#E4BB11

#e4bb11 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4bb11 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 73.33% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.98% magenta, 92.54% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 48.34°, with 86.12% saturation and 48.04% 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 11.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.5208

Complementary

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #113ae4

Split complementary

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #11a4e4
  3. #5111e4

Analogous

  1. #e45111
  2. #e4bb11
  3. #a4e411

Triadic

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #11e4bb
  3. #bb11e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #3ae411
  3. #113ae4
  4. #bb11e4

Square

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #11e451
  3. #113ae4
  4. #e411a4

Monochromatic

  1. #564606
  2. #9d810c
  3. #e4bb11
  4. #f2d250
  5. #f7e497

Shades

#e4bb11 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #cda80f
  3. #b6960e
  4. #a0830c
  5. #89700a
  6. #725e09
  7. #5b4b07
  8. #443805
  9. #2e2503
  10. #171302
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4bb11 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #e7c229
  3. #e9c941
  4. #eccf58
  5. #efd670
  6. #f2dd88
  7. #f4e4a0
  8. #f7ebb8
  9. #faf1cf
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4bb11 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4bb11
  2. #dab51c
  3. #d0af27
  4. #c6a932
  5. #bca33d
  6. #b29e49
  7. #a89854
  8. #9e925f
  9. #948c6a
  10. #8a8675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfbd98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc424 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8aa9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc01e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0b17f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4bb11 {
  color: #e4bb11;
}
Background
.bg-e4bb11 {
  background-color: #e4bb11;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4bb11 {
  border: 2px solid #e4bb11;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4bb11;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 187 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4bb11 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4bb11, #a4e411);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4bb11 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 187 17 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.75 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.77 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.81 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.24 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.28 #1b44ee Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Saffron
#e4bb11  rgb(228, 187, 17)  hsl(48, 86%, 48%)  Saffron
#113ae4  rgb(17, 58, 228)  hsl(228, 86%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#11e4bb  rgb(17, 228, 187)  hsl(168, 86%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#bb11e4  rgb(187, 17, 228)  hsl(288, 86%, 48%)  Electric Purple