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#EBBB01

#ebbb01 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebbb01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 73.33% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.43% magenta, 99.57% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 47.69°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.27% 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 11.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5321

Complementary

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #0131eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #01a6eb
  3. #4601eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4601
  2. #ebbb01
  3. #a6eb01

Triadic

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #01ebbb
  3. #bb01eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #31eb01
  3. #0131eb
  4. #bb01eb

Square

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #01eb46
  3. #0131eb
  4. #eb01a6

Monochromatic

  1. #534200
  2. #9f7e01
  3. #ebbb01
  4. #fed63a
  5. #fee686

Shades

#ebbb01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #d4a801
  3. #bc9601
  4. #a58301
  5. #8d7001
  6. #765e01
  7. #5e4b00
  8. #473800
  9. #2f2500
  10. #181300
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbb01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #edc21a
  3. #efc934
  4. #f1cf4d
  5. #f3d667
  6. #f5dd80
  7. #f7e499
  8. #f9ebb3
  9. #fbf1cc
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbb01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbb01
  2. #e0b50e
  3. #d6af1a
  4. #cba927
  5. #c0a334
  6. #b69e41
  7. #ab984d
  8. #a0925a
  9. #958c67
  10. #8b8673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec61c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa99f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c214 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b17e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbb01 {
  color: #ebbb01;
}
Background
.bg-ebbb01 {
  background-color: #ebbb01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbb01 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbb01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbb01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 187 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbb01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbb01, #a6eb01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbb01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 187 1 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.60 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.60 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.73 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.87 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.24 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.42 #1444fe Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebbb01  rgb(235, 187, 1)  hsl(48, 99%, 46%)  Saffron
#0131eb  rgb(1, 49, 235)  hsl(228, 99%, 46%)  Blue
#01ebbb  rgb(1, 235, 187)  hsl(168, 99%, 46%)  Aquamarine
#bb01eb  rgb(187, 1, 235)  hsl(288, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple