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#E6C200

#e6c200 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6c200 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 76.08% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.65% magenta, 100% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 50.61°, with 100% saturation and 45.1% 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 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5541

Complementary

  1. #e6c200
  2. #0024e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6c200
  2. #0097e6
  3. #4f00e6

Analogous

  1. #e64f00
  2. #e6c200
  3. #97e600

Triadic

  1. #e6c200
  2. #00e6c2
  3. #c200e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6c200
  2. #24e600
  3. #0024e6
  4. #c200e6

Square

  1. #e6c200
  2. #00e64f
  3. #0024e6
  4. #e60097

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4100
  2. #9a8100
  3. #e6c200
  4. #ffdf34
  5. #ffeb80

Shades

#e6c200 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6c200
  2. #cfaf00
  3. #b89b00
  4. #a18800
  5. #8a7400
  6. #736100
  7. #5c4e00
  8. #453a00
  9. #2e2700
  10. #171300
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6c200 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6c200
  2. #e9c81a
  3. #ebce33
  4. #eed44d
  5. #f0da66
  6. #f3e180
  7. #f5e799
  8. #f8edb3
  9. #faf3cc
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6c200 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6c200
  2. #dcbb0d
  3. #d2b51a
  4. #c7ae26
  5. #bda833
  6. #b3a140
  7. #a99a4d
  8. #9f945a
  9. #948d66
  10. #8a8773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c39c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1c91f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fab1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dec000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c616 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2b883 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6c200 {
  color: #e6c200;
}
Background
.bg-e6c200 {
  background-color: #e6c200;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6c200 {
  border: 2px solid #e6c200;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6c200;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 194 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6c200 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6c200, #97e600);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6c200 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 194 0 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.63 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.98 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.79 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.95 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.19 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.31 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.61 #193dff Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e6c200  rgb(230, 194, 0)  hsl(51, 100%, 45%)  Jonquil
#0024e6  rgb(0, 36, 230)  hsl(231, 100%, 45%)  Blue
#00e6c2  rgb(0, 230, 194)  hsl(171, 100%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c200e6  rgb(194, 0, 230)  hsl(291, 100%, 45%)  Electric Purple