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#EBC52A

#ebc52a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebc52a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 77.25% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.17% magenta, 82.13% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 48.19°, 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 12.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.04.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5776

Complementary

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #2a50eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #2ab0eb
  3. #642aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb642a
  2. #ebc52a
  3. #b0eb2a

Triadic

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #2aebc5
  3. #c52aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #50eb2a
  3. #2a50eb
  4. #c52aeb

Square

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #2aeb64
  3. #2a50eb
  4. #eb2ab0

Monochromatic

  1. #715d0b
  2. #b79711
  3. #ebc52a
  4. #f2d870
  5. #f8ebb6

Shades

#ebc52a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #d4b126
  3. #bc9e22
  4. #a58a1d
  5. #8d7619
  6. #766315
  7. #5e4f11
  8. #473b0d
  9. #2f2708
  10. #181404
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc52a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #edcb3f
  3. #efd155
  4. #f1d66a
  5. #f3dc7f
  6. #f5e295
  7. #f7e8aa
  8. #f9eebf
  9. #fbf3d4
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc52a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc52a
  2. #e0be33
  3. #d6b73b
  4. #cbb044
  5. #c0a94c
  6. #b6a355
  7. #ab9c5e
  8. #a09566
  9. #958e6f
  10. #8b8777
  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 #d7c7a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb4a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c311 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7ca31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7bb88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc52a {
  color: #ebc52a;
}
Background
.bg-ebc52a {
  background-color: #ebc52a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc52a {
  border: 2px solid #ebc52a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc52a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 197 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc52a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc52a, #b0eb2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc52a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 197 42 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.75 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.95 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.36 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.95 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.97 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.00 #143ad5 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ebc52a  rgb(235, 197, 42)  hsl(48, 83%, 54%)  Jonquil
#2a50eb  rgb(42, 80, 235)  hsl(228, 83%, 54%)  Iris
#2aebc5  rgb(42, 235, 197)  hsl(168, 83%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#c52aeb  rgb(197, 42, 235)  hsl(288, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple