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#EBCA0C

#ebca0c ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebca0c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 79.22% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 94.89% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 51.12°, with 90.28% saturation and 48.43% 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 12.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.33.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5993

Complementary

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #0c2deb

Split complementary

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #0c9ceb
  3. #5a0ceb

Analogous

  1. #eb5a0c
  2. #ebca0c
  3. #9ceb0c

Triadic

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #0cebca
  3. #ca0ceb

Tetradic

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #2deb0c
  3. #0c2deb
  4. #ca0ceb

Square

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #0ceb5a
  3. #0c2deb
  4. #eb0c9c

Monochromatic

  1. #594d05
  2. #a28b08
  3. #ebca0c
  4. #f6dd4e
  5. #faeb96

Shades

#ebca0c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #d4b60b
  3. #bca20a
  4. #a58d08
  5. #8d7907
  6. #766506
  7. #5e5105
  8. #473d04
  9. #2f2802
  10. #181401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebca0c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #edcf24
  3. #efd53d
  4. #f1da55
  5. #f3df6d
  6. #f5e586
  7. #f7ea9e
  8. #f9efb6
  9. #fbf4ce
  10. #fdfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebca0c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebca0c
  2. #e0c318
  3. #d6bb23
  4. #cbb42f
  5. #c0ac3a
  6. #b6a546
  7. #ab9e52
  8. #a0965d
  9. #958f69
  10. #8b8774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9cba2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0c500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d026 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb9ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5c700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eace1e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c089 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebca0c {
  color: #ebca0c;
}
Background
.bg-ebca0c {
  background-color: #ebca0c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebca0c {
  border: 2px solid #ebca0c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebca0c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 202 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebca0c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebca0c, #9ceb0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebca0c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 202 12 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.33 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.38 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.68 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.76 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.76 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.00 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.22 #1435f3 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ebca0c  rgb(235, 202, 12)  hsl(51, 90%, 48%)  Jonquil
#0c2deb  rgb(12, 45, 235)  hsl(231, 90%, 48%)  Blue
#0cebca  rgb(12, 235, 202)  hsl(171, 90%, 48%)  Turquoise
#ca0ceb  rgb(202, 12, 235)  hsl(291, 90%, 48%)  Electric Purple