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#EBCD01

#ebcd01 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebcd01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 80.39% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 99.57% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 52.31°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.27% 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 13.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.48.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6133

Complementary

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #011feb

Split complementary

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #0194eb
  3. #5801eb

Analogous

  1. #eb5801
  2. #ebcd01
  3. #94eb01

Triadic

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #01ebcd
  3. #cd01eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #1feb01
  3. #011feb
  4. #cd01eb

Square

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #01eb58
  3. #011feb
  4. #eb0194

Monochromatic

  1. #534800
  2. #9f8b01
  3. #ebcd01
  4. #fee53a
  5. #feef86

Shades

#ebcd01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #d4b901
  3. #bca401
  4. #a59001
  5. #8d7b01
  6. #766701
  7. #5e5200
  8. #473e00
  9. #2f2900
  10. #181500
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebcd01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #edd21a
  3. #efd734
  4. #f1dc4d
  5. #f3e167
  6. #f5e680
  7. #f7eb99
  8. #f9f0b3
  9. #fbf5cc
  10. #fdfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebcd01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebcd01
  2. #e0c50e
  3. #d6be1a
  4. #cbb627
  5. #c0ae34
  6. #b6a741
  7. #ab9f4d
  8. #a0975a
  9. #958f67
  10. #8b8873
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dacda3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd223 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd01a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c38a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebcd01 {
  color: #ebcd01;
}
Background
.bg-ebcd01 {
  background-color: #ebcd01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebcd01 {
  border: 2px solid #ebcd01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebcd01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 205 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebcd01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebcd01, #94eb01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebcd01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 205 1 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.48 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.15 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.60 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.88 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.32 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.62 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.52 #1432fe Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebcd01  rgb(235, 205, 1)  hsl(52, 99%, 46%)  Citrine
#011feb  rgb(1, 31, 235)  hsl(232, 99%, 46%)  Blue
#01ebcd  rgb(1, 235, 205)  hsl(172, 99%, 46%)  Turquoise
#cd01eb  rgb(205, 1, 235)  hsl(292, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple