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#EBBE05

#ebbe05 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebbe05 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 74.51% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.15% magenta, 97.87% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 48.26°, with 95.83% saturation and 47.06% 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 11.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.4.

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Relative luminance0.545

Complementary

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #0532eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #05a5eb
  3. #4b05eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4b05
  2. #ebbe05
  3. #a5eb05

Triadic

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #05ebbe
  3. #be05eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #32eb05
  3. #0532eb
  4. #be05eb

Square

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #05eb4b
  3. #0532eb
  4. #eb05a5

Monochromatic

  1. #554502
  2. #a08103
  3. #ebbe05
  4. #fbd742
  5. #fde78c

Shades

#ebbe05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #d4ab05
  3. #bc9804
  4. #a58504
  5. #8d7203
  6. #765f03
  7. #5e4c02
  8. #473902
  9. #2f2601
  10. #181301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebbe05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #edc51e
  3. #efcb37
  4. #f1d250
  5. #f3d869
  6. #f5df82
  7. #f7e59b
  8. #f9ecb4
  9. #fbf2cd
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebbe05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebbe05
  2. #e0b811
  3. #d6b21e
  4. #cbab2a
  5. #c0a536
  6. #b69f43
  7. #ab994f
  8. #a0935b
  9. #958c67
  10. #8b8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c19b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c81f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaca2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #debd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c418 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b480 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebbe05 {
  color: #ebbe05;
}
Background
.bg-ebbe05 {
  background-color: #ebbe05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebbe05 {
  border: 2px solid #ebbe05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebbe05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 190 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebbe05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebbe05, #a5eb05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebbe05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 190 5 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.40 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.97 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.51 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.10 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.11 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.83 #1441fa Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebbe05  rgb(235, 190, 5)  hsl(48, 96%, 47%)  Saffron
#0532eb  rgb(5, 50, 235)  hsl(228, 96%, 47%)  Blue
#05ebbe  rgb(5, 235, 190)  hsl(168, 96%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#be05eb  rgb(190, 5, 235)  hsl(288, 96%, 47%)  Electric Purple