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#EBCD17

#ebcd17 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebcd17 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 90.21% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 51.51°, with 84.13% saturation and 50.59% 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 13.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.53.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6139

Complementary

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #1735eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #179feb
  3. #6317eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6317
  2. #ebcd17
  3. #9feb17

Triadic

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #17ebcd
  3. #cd17eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #35eb17
  3. #1735eb
  4. #cd17eb

Square

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #17eb63
  3. #1735eb
  4. #eb179f

Monochromatic

  1. #615408
  2. #a7910e
  3. #ebcd17
  4. #f1dc5d
  5. #f7eba4

Shades

#ebcd17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #d4b915
  3. #bca412
  4. #a59010
  5. #8d7b0e
  6. #76670c
  7. #5e5209
  8. #473e07
  9. #2f2905
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebcd17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #edd22e
  3. #efd745
  4. #f1dc5d
  5. #f3e174
  6. #f5e68b
  7. #f7eba2
  8. #f9f0b9
  9. #fbf5d1
  10. #fdfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebcd17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebcd17
  2. #e0c522
  3. #d6be2c
  4. #cbb637
  5. #c0ae41
  6. #b6a74c
  7. #ab9f56
  8. #a09761
  9. #958f6b
  10. #8b8876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dacda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd22c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #febcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd025 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c38c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebcd17 {
  color: #ebcd17;
}
Background
.bg-ebcd17 {
  background-color: #ebcd17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebcd17 {
  border: 2px solid #ebcd17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebcd17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 205 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebcd17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebcd17, #9feb17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebcd17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 205 23 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.05 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.71 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.94 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.46 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.57 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.25 #1432e8 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebcd17  rgb(235, 205, 23)  hsl(52, 84%, 51%)  Citrine
#1735eb  rgb(23, 53, 235)  hsl(232, 84%, 51%)  Han Purple
#17ebcd  rgb(23, 235, 205)  hsl(172, 84%, 51%)  Turquoise
#cd17eb  rgb(205, 23, 235)  hsl(292, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple