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#EBC32A

#ebc32a ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebc32a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 76.47% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.02% magenta, 82.13% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 47.56°, with 82.83% saturation and 54.31% 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 12.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.24.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5686

Complementary

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #2a52eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #2ab3eb
  3. #622aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb622a
  2. #ebc32a
  3. #b3eb2a

Triadic

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #2aebc3
  3. #c32aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #52eb2a
  3. #2a52eb
  4. #c32aeb

Square

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #2aeb62
  3. #2a52eb
  4. #eb2ab3

Monochromatic

  1. #715c0b
  2. #b79511
  3. #ebc32a
  4. #f2d770
  5. #f8eab6

Shades

#ebc32a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #d4b026
  3. #bc9c22
  4. #a5891d
  5. #8d7519
  6. #766215
  7. #5e4e11
  8. #473b0d
  9. #2f2708
  10. #181404
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc32a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #edc93f
  3. #efcf55
  4. #f1d56a
  5. #f3db7f
  6. #f5e195
  7. #f7e7aa
  8. #f9edbf
  9. #fbf3d4
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc32a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc32a
  2. #e0bc33
  3. #d6b63b
  4. #cbaf44
  5. #c0a84c
  6. #b6a255
  7. #ab9b5e
  8. #a09466
  9. #958d6f
  10. #8b8777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c5a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3cc35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb2a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c112 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c831 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b987 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc32a {
  color: #ebc32a;
}
Background
.bg-ebc32a {
  background-color: #ebc32a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc32a {
  border: 2px solid #ebc32a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc32a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 195 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc32a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc32a, #b3eb2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc32a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 195 42 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.24 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.30 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.30 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.49 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.69 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.78 #143cd5 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebc32a  rgb(235, 195, 42)  hsl(48, 83%, 54%)  Saffron
#2a52eb  rgb(42, 82, 235)  hsl(228, 83%, 54%)  Iris
#2aebc3  rgb(42, 235, 195)  hsl(168, 83%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#c32aeb  rgb(195, 42, 235)  hsl(288, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple