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#E7BC06

#e7bc06 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e7bc06 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 73.73% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.61% magenta, 97.4% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 48.53°, with 94.94% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5297

Complementary

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #0631e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #06a2e7
  3. #4b06e7

Analogous

  1. #e74b06
  2. #e7bc06
  3. #a2e706

Triadic

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #06e7bc
  3. #bc06e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #31e706
  3. #0631e7
  4. #bc06e7

Square

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #06e74b
  3. #0631e7
  4. #e706a2

Monochromatic

  1. #524302
  2. #9c7f04
  3. #e7bc06
  4. #fad63f
  5. #fce68a

Shades

#e7bc06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #d0a905
  3. #b99605
  4. #a28404
  5. #8b7104
  6. #745e03
  7. #5c4b02
  8. #453802
  9. #2e2601
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7bc06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #e9c31f
  3. #ecc938
  4. #eed051
  5. #f1d76a
  6. #f3de83
  7. #f5e49b
  8. #f8ebb4
  9. #faf2cd
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7bc06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7bc06
  2. #ddb612
  3. #d2b01e
  4. #c8aa2b
  5. #bea437
  6. #b49e43
  7. #a9984f
  8. #9f925b
  9. #958c68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1bf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc61f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c218 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b27f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7bc06 {
  color: #e7bc06;
}
Background
.bg-e7bc06 {
  background-color: #e7bc06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7bc06 {
  border: 2px solid #e7bc06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7bc06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 188 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 95% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7bc06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7bc06, #a2e706);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7bc06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 188 6 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.96 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.21 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.30 #1843f9 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Saffron
#e7bc06  rgb(231, 188, 6)  hsl(49, 95%, 46%)  Saffron
#0631e7  rgb(6, 49, 231)  hsl(229, 95%, 46%)  Blue
#06e7bc  rgb(6, 231, 188)  hsl(169, 95%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#bc06e7  rgb(188, 6, 231)  hsl(289, 95%, 46%)  Electric Purple