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#EBBC06

#ebbc06 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebbc06 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 73.73% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 97.45% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 47.69°, with 95.02% saturation and 47.25% 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 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.5364

Complementary

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #0635eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #06a7eb
  3. #4a06eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4a06
  2. #ebbc06
  3. #a7eb06

Triadic

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #06ebbc
  3. #bc06eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #35eb06
  3. #0635eb
  4. #bc06eb

Square

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #06eb4a
  3. #0635eb
  4. #eb06a7

Monochromatic

  1. #564502
  2. #a08004
  3. #ebbc06
  4. #fad543
  5. #fce58e

Shades

#ebbc06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #d4a905
  3. #bc9605
  4. #a58404
  5. #8d7104
  6. #765e03
  7. #5e4b02
  8. #473802
  9. #2f2601
  10. #181301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbc06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #edc31f
  3. #efc938
  4. #f1d051
  5. #f3d76a
  6. #f5de83
  7. #f7e49b
  8. #f9ebb4
  9. #fbf2cd
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbc06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbc06
  2. #e0b612
  3. #d6b01e
  4. #cbaa2b
  5. #c0a437
  6. #b69e43
  7. #ab984f
  8. #a0925b
  9. #958c68
  10. #8b8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc71f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaaa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c318 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b27f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbc06 {
  color: #ebbc06;
}
Background
.bg-ebbc06 {
  background-color: #ebbc06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbc06 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbc06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbc06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 188 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 95% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbc06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbc06, #a7eb06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbc06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 188 6 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.44 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.27 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.67 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.78 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.27 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.40 #1443f9 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebbc06  rgb(235, 188, 6)  hsl(48, 95%, 47%)  Saffron
#0635eb  rgb(6, 53, 235)  hsl(228, 95%, 47%)  Blue
#06ebbc  rgb(6, 235, 188)  hsl(168, 95%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#bc06eb  rgb(188, 6, 235)  hsl(288, 95%, 47%)  Electric Purple