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#E6C00A

#e6c00a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.52% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 49.64°, with 91.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 11.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5454

Complementary

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #0a30e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #0a9ee6
  3. #520ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6520a
  2. #e6c00a
  3. #9ee60a

Triadic

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #0ae6c0
  3. #c00ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #30e60a
  3. #0a30e6
  4. #c00ae6

Square

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #0ae652
  3. #0a30e6
  4. #e60a9e

Monochromatic

  1. #534604
  2. #9d8307
  3. #e6c00a
  4. #f7d846
  5. #fae88f

Shades

#e6c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #cfad09
  3. #b89a08
  4. #a18607
  5. #8a7306
  6. #736005
  7. #5c4d04
  8. #453a03
  9. #2e2602
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #e9c623
  3. #ebcd3b
  4. #eed354
  5. #f0d96c
  6. #f3e085
  7. #f5e69d
  8. #f8ecb6
  9. #faf2ce
  10. #fdf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6c00a
  2. #dcba16
  3. #d2b322
  4. #c7ad2d
  5. #bda639
  6. #b3a045
  7. #a99a51
  8. #9f935d
  9. #948d68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c29b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c822 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #faafa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbe00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c51b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6c00a {
  color: #e6c00a;
}
Background
.bg-e6c00a {
  background-color: #e6c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6c00a {
  border: 2px solid #e6c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6c00a, #9ee60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.49 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.99 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.09 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.53 #193ff5 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e6c00a  rgb(230, 192, 10)  hsl(50, 92%, 47%)  Jonquil
#0a30e6  rgb(10, 48, 230)  hsl(230, 92%, 47%)  Blue
#0ae6c0  rgb(10, 230, 192)  hsl(170, 92%, 47%)  Turquoise
#c00ae6  rgb(192, 10, 230)  hsl(290, 92%, 47%)  Electric Purple