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#E4BC17

#e4bc17 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4bc17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 73.73% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 89.91% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 48.29°, with 81.67% saturation and 49.22% 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 11.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.29.

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Relative luminance0.5252

Complementary

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #173fe4

Split complementary

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #17a6e4
  3. #5517e4

Analogous

  1. #e45517
  2. #e4bc17
  3. #a6e417

Triadic

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #17e4bc
  3. #bc17e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #3fe417
  3. #173fe4
  4. #bc17e4

Square

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #17e455
  3. #173fe4
  4. #e417a6

Monochromatic

  1. #594909
  2. #9f8310
  3. #e4bc17
  4. #eed159
  5. #f5e49f

Shades

#e4bc17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #cda915
  3. #b69612
  4. #a08410
  5. #89710e
  6. #725e0c
  7. #5b4b09
  8. #443807
  9. #2e2605
  10. #171302
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4bc17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #e7c32e
  3. #e9c945
  4. #ecd05d
  5. #efd774
  6. #f2de8b
  7. #f4e4a2
  8. #f7ebb9
  9. #faf2d1
  10. #fcf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4bc17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4bc17
  2. #dab622
  3. #d0b02c
  4. #c6aa37
  5. #bca441
  6. #b29e4c
  7. #a89856
  8. #9e9261
  9. #948c6b
  10. #8a8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfbe99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc527 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7aba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc122 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4bc17 {
  color: #e4bc17;
}
Background
.bg-e4bc17 {
  background-color: #e4bc17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4bc17 {
  border: 2px solid #e4bc17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4bc17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 188 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 82% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4bc17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4bc17, #a6e417);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4bc17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 188 23 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.16 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.17 #1b43e8 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Saffron
#e4bc17  rgb(228, 188, 23)  hsl(48, 82%, 49%)  Saffron
#173fe4  rgb(23, 63, 228)  hsl(228, 82%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#17e4bc  rgb(23, 228, 188)  hsl(168, 82%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#bc17e4  rgb(188, 23, 228)  hsl(288, 82%, 49%)  Electric Purple