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#E4C021

#e4c021 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4c021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.79% magenta, 85.53% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 48.92°, with 78.31% saturation and 51.18% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.543

Complementary

  1. #e4c021
  2. #2145e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4c021
  2. #21a7e4
  3. #5f21e4

Analogous

  1. #e45f21
  2. #e4c021
  3. #a7e421

Triadic

  1. #e4c021
  2. #21e4c0
  3. #c021e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4c021
  2. #45e421
  3. #2145e4
  4. #c021e4

Square

  1. #e4c021
  2. #21e45f
  3. #2145e4
  4. #e421a7

Monochromatic

  1. #60510c
  2. #a58a14
  3. #e4c021
  4. #ecd365
  5. #f5e7a9

Shades

#e4c021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4c021
  2. #cdad1e
  3. #b69a1a
  4. #a08617
  5. #897314
  6. #726011
  7. #5b4d0d
  8. #443a0a
  9. #2e2607
  10. #171303
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4c021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4c021
  2. #e7c637
  3. #e9cd4d
  4. #ecd364
  5. #efd97a
  6. #f2e090
  7. #f4e6a6
  8. #f7ecbc
  9. #faf2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4c021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4c021
  2. #daba2b
  3. #d0b334
  4. #c6ad3e
  5. #bca647
  6. #b2a051
  7. #a89a5a
  8. #9e9364
  9. #948d6d
  10. #8a8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1c29c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc72f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcbe00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c42a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0b684 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4c021 {
  color: #e4c021;
}
Background
.bg-e4c021 {
  background-color: #e4c021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4c021 {
  border: 2px solid #e4c021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4c021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 78% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4c021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4c021, #a7e421);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4c021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.59 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.66 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.94 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.42 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.54 #1b3fde Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e4c021  rgb(228, 192, 33)  hsl(49, 78%, 51%)  Jonquil
#2145e4  rgb(33, 69, 228)  hsl(229, 78%, 51%)  Iris
#21e4c0  rgb(33, 228, 192)  hsl(169, 78%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c021e4  rgb(192, 33, 228)  hsl(289, 78%, 51%)  Electric Purple