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#EBCD28

#ebcd28 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebcd28 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 82.98% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 82.98% saturation and 53.92% 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 13.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.8.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6148

Complementary

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #2846eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #28a7eb
  3. #6b28eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6b28
  2. #ebcd28
  3. #a7eb28

Triadic

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #28ebcd
  3. #cd28eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #46eb28
  3. #2846eb
  4. #cd28eb

Square

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #28eb6b
  3. #2846eb
  4. #eb28a7

Monochromatic

  1. #70600a
  2. #b69c11
  3. #ebcd28
  4. #f2dd6e
  5. #f8eeb4

Shades

#ebcd28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #d4b924
  3. #bca420
  4. #a5901c
  5. #8d7b18
  6. #766714
  7. #5e5210
  8. #473e0c
  9. #2f2908
  10. #181504
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebcd28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #edd23e
  3. #efd753
  4. #f1dc69
  5. #f3e17e
  6. #f5e694
  7. #f7eba9
  8. #f9f0bf
  9. #fbf5d4
  10. #fdfaea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebcd28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebcd28
  2. #e0c531
  3. #d6be3a
  4. #cbb642
  5. #c0ae4b
  6. #b6a754
  7. #ab9f5d
  8. #a09766
  9. #958f6e
  10. #8b8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dacda5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead236 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #febdb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e6ca08 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd031 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c38d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebcd28 {
  color: #ebcd28;
}
Background
.bg-ebcd28 {
  background-color: #ebcd28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebcd28 {
  border: 2px solid #ebcd28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebcd28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 205 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebcd28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebcd28, #a7eb28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebcd28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 205 40 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.80 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.06 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.97 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.13 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.60 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.74 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.76 #1432d7 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebcd28  rgb(235, 205, 40)  hsl(51, 83%, 54%)  Citrine
#2846eb  rgb(40, 70, 235)  hsl(231, 83%, 54%)  Iris
#28ebcd  rgb(40, 235, 205)  hsl(171, 83%, 54%)  Turquoise
#cd28eb  rgb(205, 40, 235)  hsl(291, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple