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#EBCD08

#ebcd08 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebcd08 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 96.6% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 52.07°, with 93.42% saturation and 47.65% 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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Relative luminance0.6134

Complementary

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #0826eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #0898eb
  3. #5c08eb

Analogous

  1. #eb5c08
  2. #ebcd08
  3. #98eb08

Triadic

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #08ebcd
  3. #cd08eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #26eb08
  3. #0826eb
  4. #cd08eb

Square

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #08eb5c
  3. #0826eb
  4. #eb0898

Monochromatic

  1. #574c03
  2. #a18c05
  3. #ebcd08
  4. #f9e147
  5. #fbed91

Shades

#ebcd08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #d4b907
  3. #bca406
  4. #a59006
  5. #8d7b05
  6. #766704
  7. #5e5203
  8. #473e02
  9. #2f2902
  10. #181501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebcd08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #edd221
  3. #efd739
  4. #f1dc52
  5. #f3e16b
  6. #f5e684
  7. #f7eb9c
  8. #f9f0b5
  9. #fbf5ce
  10. #fdfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebcd08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebcd08
  2. #e0c514
  3. #d6be20
  4. #cbb62c
  5. #c0ae38
  6. #b6a744
  7. #ab9f50
  8. #a0975c
  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 #ebd01d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebcd08 {
  color: #ebcd08;
}
Background
.bg-ebcd08 {
  background-color: #ebcd08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebcd08 {
  border: 2px solid #ebcd08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebcd08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 205 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebcd08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebcd08, #98eb08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebcd08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 205 8 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.48 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.12 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.62 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.89 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.35 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.51 #1432f7 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebcd08  rgb(235, 205, 8)  hsl(52, 93%, 48%)  Citrine
#0826eb  rgb(8, 38, 235)  hsl(232, 93%, 48%)  Blue
#08ebcd  rgb(8, 235, 205)  hsl(172, 93%, 48%)  Turquoise
#cd08eb  rgb(205, 8, 235)  hsl(292, 93%, 48%)  Electric Purple