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#E8C331

#e8c331 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e8c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.95% magenta, 78.88% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 47.87°, with 79.91% saturation and 55.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5641

Complementary

  1. #e8c331
  2. #3156e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8c331
  2. #31b1e8
  3. #6831e8

Analogous

  1. #e86831
  2. #e8c331
  3. #b1e831

Triadic

  1. #e8c331
  2. #31e8c3
  3. #c331e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8c331
  2. #56e831
  3. #3156e8
  4. #c331e8

Square

  1. #e8c331
  2. #31e868
  3. #3156e8
  4. #e831b1

Monochromatic

  1. #735e0d
  2. #b89715
  3. #e8c331
  4. #f0d776
  5. #f7ebbb

Shades

#e8c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8c331
  2. #d1b02c
  3. #ba9c27
  4. #a28922
  5. #8b751d
  6. #746219
  7. #5d4e14
  8. #463b0f
  9. #2e270a
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8c331
  2. #eac946
  3. #edcf5a
  4. #efd56f
  5. #f1db83
  6. #f4e198
  7. #f6e7ad
  8. #f8edc1
  9. #faf3d6
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8c331
  2. #debc39
  3. #d3b641
  4. #c9af49
  5. #bea851
  6. #b4a259
  7. #aa9b60
  8. #9f9468
  9. #958d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c5a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c00a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2cb3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbb3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfc11f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c837 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b988 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8c331 {
  color: #e8c331;
}
Background
.bg-e8c331 {
  background-color: #e8c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8c331 {
  border: 2px solid #e8c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 80% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8c331, #b1e831);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.92 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.39 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.41 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.32 #173cce Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e8c331  rgb(232, 195, 49)  hsl(48, 80%, 55%)  Jonquil
#3156e8  rgb(49, 86, 232)  hsl(228, 80%, 55%)  Ultramarine Blue
#31e8c3  rgb(49, 232, 195)  hsl(168, 80%, 55%)  Turquoise
#c331e8  rgb(195, 49, 232)  hsl(288, 80%, 55%)  Electric Purple