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#EBC451

#ebc451 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebc451 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 76.86% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.6% magenta, 65.53% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 44.81°, with 79.38% saturation and 61.96% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5774

Complementary

  1. #ebc451
  2. #5178eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc451
  2. #51c5eb
  3. #7751eb

Analogous

  1. #eb7751
  2. #ebc451
  3. #c5eb51

Triadic

  1. #ebc451
  2. #51ebc4
  3. #c451eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc451
  2. #78eb51
  3. #5178eb
  4. #c451eb

Square

  1. #ebc451
  2. #51eb77
  3. #5178eb
  4. #eb51c5

Monochromatic

  1. #927111
  2. #d7a719
  3. #ebc451
  4. #f3db96
  5. #fbf3da

Shades

#ebc451 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc451
  2. #d4b049
  3. #bc9d41
  4. #a58939
  5. #8d7631
  6. #766229
  7. #5e4e20
  8. #473b18
  9. #2f2710
  10. #181408
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc451 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc451
  2. #edca62
  3. #efd074
  4. #f1d685
  5. #f3dc97
  6. #f5e2a8
  7. #f7e7b9
  8. #f9edcb
  9. #fbf3dc
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc451 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc451
  2. #e0bd56
  3. #d6b65a
  4. #cbb05f
  5. #c0a964
  6. #b6a269
  7. #ab9b6d
  8. #a09472
  9. #958e77
  10. #8b877b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c6a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c243 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2cd56 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdb5ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0c349 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c954 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6bb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc451 {
  color: #ebc451;
}
Background
.bg-ebc451 {
  background-color: #ebc451;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc451 {
  border: 2px solid #ebc451;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc451;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 196 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc451 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc451, #c5eb51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc451 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 196 81 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.59 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.76 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.11 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.57 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.63 #143bae Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ebc451  rgb(235, 196, 81)  hsl(45, 79%, 62%)  Saffron
#5178eb  rgb(81, 120, 235)  hsl(225, 79%, 62%)  Brandeis Blue
#51ebc4  rgb(81, 235, 196)  hsl(165, 79%, 62%)  Aquamarine
#c451eb  rgb(196, 81, 235)  hsl(285, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid