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#EBC52E

#ebc52e ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebc52e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 77.25% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.17% magenta, 80.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 47.94°, with 82.53% saturation and 55.1% 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 12.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.2.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5779

Complementary

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #2e54eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #2eb2eb
  3. #672eeb

Analogous

  1. #eb672e
  2. #ebc52e
  3. #b2eb2e

Triadic

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #2eebc5
  3. #c52eeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #54eb2e
  3. #2e54eb
  4. #c52eeb

Square

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #2eeb67
  3. #2e54eb
  4. #eb2eb2

Monochromatic

  1. #75600b
  2. #bb9912
  3. #ebc52e
  4. #f2d874
  5. #f8ecba

Shades

#ebc52e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #d4b129
  3. #bc9e25
  4. #a58a20
  5. #8d761c
  6. #766317
  7. #5e4f12
  8. #473b0e
  9. #2f2709
  10. #181405
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc52e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #edcb43
  3. #efd158
  4. #f1d66d
  5. #f3dc82
  6. #f5e297
  7. #f7e8ab
  8. #f9eec0
  9. #fbf3d5
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc52e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc52e
  2. #e0be36
  3. #d6b73e
  4. #cbb047
  5. #c0a94f
  6. #b6a357
  7. #ab9c5f
  8. #a09567
  9. #958e70
  10. #8b8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.56:1 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 #e4cd39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feb4a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c31a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7ca35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7bb89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc52e {
  color: #ebc52e;
}
Background
.bg-ebc52e {
  background-color: #ebc52e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc52e {
  border: 2px solid #ebc52e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc52e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 197 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc52e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc52e, #b2eb2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc52e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 197 46 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.20 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.67 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.91 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.79 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.99 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.13 #143ad1 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ebc52e  rgb(235, 197, 46)  hsl(48, 83%, 55%)  Jonquil
#2e54eb  rgb(46, 84, 235)  hsl(228, 83%, 55%)  Majorelle Blue
#2eebc5  rgb(46, 235, 197)  hsl(168, 83%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#c52eeb  rgb(197, 46, 235)  hsl(288, 83%, 55%)  Electric Purple