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#EBCD06

#ebcd06 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebcd06 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 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 97.45% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 52.14°, with 95.02% saturation and 47.25% 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 luminance0.6134

Complementary

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #0624eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #0696eb
  3. #5a06eb

Analogous

  1. #eb5a06
  2. #ebcd06
  3. #96eb06

Triadic

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #06ebcd
  3. #cd06eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #24eb06
  3. #0624eb
  4. #cd06eb

Square

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #06eb5a
  3. #0624eb
  4. #eb0696

Monochromatic

  1. #564b02
  2. #a08c04
  3. #ebcd06
  4. #fae243
  5. #fcee8e

Shades

#ebcd06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #d4b905
  3. #bca405
  4. #a59004
  5. #8d7b04
  6. #766703
  7. #5e5202
  8. #473e02
  9. #2f2901
  10. #181501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebcd06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #edd21f
  3. #efd738
  4. #f1dc51
  5. #f3e16a
  6. #f5e683
  7. #f7eb9b
  8. #f9f0b4
  9. #fbf5cd
  10. #fdfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebcd06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebcd06
  2. #e0c512
  3. #d6be1e
  4. #cbb62b
  5. #c0ae37
  6. #b6a743
  7. #ab9f4f
  8. #a0975b
  9. #958f68
  10. #8b8874
  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 #dacda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd225 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd01c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebcd06 {
  color: #ebcd06;
}
Background
.bg-ebcd06 {
  background-color: #ebcd06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebcd06 {
  border: 2px solid #ebcd06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebcd06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 205 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 95% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebcd06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebcd06, #96eb06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebcd06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 205 6 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.48 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.13 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.62 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.89 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.34 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.61 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.51 #1432f9 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebcd06  rgb(235, 205, 6)  hsl(52, 95%, 47%)  Citrine
#0624eb  rgb(6, 36, 235)  hsl(232, 95%, 47%)  Blue
#06ebcd  rgb(6, 235, 205)  hsl(172, 95%, 47%)  Turquoise
#cd06eb  rgb(205, 6, 235)  hsl(292, 95%, 47%)  Electric Purple