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#E7C300

#e7c300 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e7c300 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 76.47% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.58% magenta, 100% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 50.65°, with 100% saturation and 45.29% 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 12.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.44.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5602

Complementary

  1. #e7c300
  2. #0024e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7c300
  2. #0097e7
  3. #4f00e7

Analogous

  1. #e74f00
  2. #e7c300
  3. #97e700

Triadic

  1. #e7c300
  2. #00e7c3
  3. #c300e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7c300
  2. #24e700
  3. #0024e7
  4. #c300e7

Square

  1. #e7c300
  2. #00e74f
  3. #0024e7
  4. #e70097

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4200
  2. #9a8200
  3. #e7c300
  4. #ffdf34
  5. #ffeb81

Shades

#e7c300 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7c300
  2. #d0b000
  3. #b99c00
  4. #a28900
  5. #8b7500
  6. #746200
  7. #5c4e00
  8. #453b00
  9. #2e2700
  10. #171400
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7c300 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7c300
  2. #e9c91a
  3. #eccf33
  4. #eed54d
  5. #f1db66
  6. #f3e180
  7. #f5e799
  8. #f8edb3
  9. #faf3cc
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7c300 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7c300
  2. #ddbc0d
  3. #d2b61a
  4. #c8af26
  5. #bea833
  6. #b4a240
  7. #a99b4d
  8. #9f945a
  9. #958d66
  10. #8a8773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c49d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ca1f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbb2a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfc100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c717 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3b983 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7c300 {
  color: #e7c300;
}
Background
.bg-e7c300 {
  background-color: #e7c300;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7c300 {
  border: 2px solid #e7c300;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7c300;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 195 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7c300 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7c300, #97e700);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7c300 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 195 0 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.96 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.56 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.80 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.06 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.08 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.59 #183cff Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e7c300  rgb(231, 195, 0)  hsl(51, 100%, 45%)  Jonquil
#0024e7  rgb(0, 36, 231)  hsl(231, 100%, 45%)  Blue
#00e7c3  rgb(0, 231, 195)  hsl(171, 100%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c300e7  rgb(195, 0, 231)  hsl(291, 100%, 45%)  Electric Purple