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#EBC22B

#ebc22b ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebc22b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 76.08% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.45% magenta, 81.7% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 47.19°, with 82.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5642

Complementary

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #2b54eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #2bb4eb
  3. #622beb

Analogous

  1. #eb622b
  2. #ebc22b
  3. #b4eb2b

Triadic

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #2bebc2
  3. #c22beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #54eb2b
  3. #2b54eb
  4. #c22beb

Square

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #2beb62
  3. #2b54eb
  4. #eb2bb4

Monochromatic

  1. #725c0b
  2. #b89511
  3. #ebc22b
  4. #f2d671
  5. #f8eab7

Shades

#ebc22b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #d4af27
  3. #bc9b22
  4. #a5881e
  5. #8d741a
  6. #766116
  7. #5e4e11
  8. #473a0d
  9. #2f2709
  10. #181304
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc22b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #edc840
  3. #efce55
  4. #f1d46b
  5. #f3da80
  6. #f5e195
  7. #f7e7aa
  8. #f9edbf
  9. #fbf3d5
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc22b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc22b
  2. #e0bb34
  3. #d6b53c
  4. #cbae45
  5. #c0a84d
  6. #b6a156
  7. #ab9a5e
  8. #a09467
  9. #958d6f
  10. #8b8778
  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 #d6c49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2cb36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0c015 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c732 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b886 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc22b {
  color: #ebc22b;
}
Background
.bg-ebc22b {
  background-color: #ebc22b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc22b {
  border: 2px solid #ebc22b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc22b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 194 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc22b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc22b, #b4eb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc22b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 194 43 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.01 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.54 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.72 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.94 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.29 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.59 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.91 #143dd4 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebc22b  rgb(235, 194, 43)  hsl(47, 83%, 55%)  Saffron
#2b54eb  rgb(43, 84, 235)  hsl(227, 83%, 55%)  Majorelle Blue
#2bebc2  rgb(43, 235, 194)  hsl(167, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c22beb  rgb(194, 43, 235)  hsl(287, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple