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#EBC40B

#ebc40b ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebc40b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 76.86% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.6% magenta, 95.32% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 49.55°, with 91.06% saturation and 48.24% 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 12.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.72.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5717

Complementary

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #0b32eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #0ba2eb
  3. #540beb

Analogous

  1. #eb540b
  2. #ebc40b
  3. #a2eb0b

Triadic

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #0bebc4
  3. #c40beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #32eb0b
  3. #0b32eb
  4. #c40beb

Square

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #0beb54
  3. #0b32eb
  4. #eb0ba2

Monochromatic

  1. #594a04
  2. #a28708
  3. #ebc40b
  4. #f7d94c
  5. #fae895

Shades

#ebc40b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #d4b00a
  3. #bc9d09
  4. #a58908
  5. #8d7607
  6. #766206
  7. #5e4e04
  8. #473b03
  9. #2f2702
  10. #181401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc40b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #edca23
  3. #efd03c
  4. #f1d654
  5. #f3dc6d
  6. #f5e285
  7. #f7e79d
  8. #f9edb6
  9. #fbf3ce
  10. #fdf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc40b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc40b
  2. #e0bd17
  3. #d6b622
  4. #cbb02e
  5. #c0a93a
  6. #b6a246
  7. #ab9b51
  8. #a0945d
  9. #958e69
  10. #8b8774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c69f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cc23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7c91c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ba85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc40b {
  color: #ebc40b;
}
Background
.bg-ebc40b {
  background-color: #ebc40b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc40b {
  border: 2px solid #ebc40b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc40b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 196 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 91% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc40b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc40b, #a2eb0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc40b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 196 11 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.17 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.02 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.23 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.69 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.78 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.09 #143bf4 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ebc40b  rgb(235, 196, 11)  hsl(50, 91%, 48%)  Jonquil
#0b32eb  rgb(11, 50, 235)  hsl(230, 91%, 48%)  Blue
#0bebc4  rgb(11, 235, 196)  hsl(170, 91%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#c40beb  rgb(196, 11, 235)  hsl(290, 91%, 48%)  Electric Purple