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#E8BB1C

#e8bb1c ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8bb1c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 73.33% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.4% magenta, 87.93% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 46.76°, with 81.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5278

Complementary

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #1c49e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #1cafe8
  3. #551ce8

Analogous

  1. #e8551c
  2. #e8bb1c
  3. #afe81c

Triadic

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #1ce8bb
  3. #bb1ce8

Tetradic

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #49e81c
  3. #1c49e8
  4. #bb1ce8

Square

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #1ce855
  3. #1c49e8
  4. #e81caf

Monochromatic

  1. #614e0a
  2. #a78611
  3. #e8bb1c
  4. #efd061
  5. #f6e5a7

Shades

#e8bb1c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #d1a819
  3. #ba9616
  4. #a28314
  5. #8b7011
  6. #745e0e
  7. #5d4b0b
  8. #463808
  9. #2e2506
  10. #171303
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8bb1c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #eac233
  3. #edc949
  4. #efcf60
  5. #f1d677
  6. #f4dd8e
  7. #f6e4a4
  8. #f8ebbb
  9. #faf1d2
  10. #fdf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8bb1c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8bb1c
  2. #deb526
  3. #d3af30
  4. #c9a93a
  5. #bea344
  6. #b49e4e
  7. #aa9858
  8. #9f9262
  9. #958c6c
  10. #8a8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1be9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcaaa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c125 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8bb1c {
  color: #e8bb1c;
}
Background
.bg-e8bb1c {
  background-color: #e8bb1c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8bb1c {
  border: 2px solid #e8bb1c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8bb1c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 187 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 82% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8bb1c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8bb1c, #afe81c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8bb1c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 187 28 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.55 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.90 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.95 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.37 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.60 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #1744e3 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Saffron
#e8bb1c  rgb(232, 187, 28)  hsl(47, 82%, 51%)  Saffron
#1c49e8  rgb(28, 73, 232)  hsl(227, 82%, 51%)  Iris
#1ce8bb  rgb(28, 232, 187)  hsl(167, 82%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#bb1ce8  rgb(187, 28, 232)  hsl(287, 82%, 51%)  Electric Purple