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#EBD227

#ebd227 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebd227 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 82.35% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 83.4% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 52.35°, with 83.05% saturation and 53.73% 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 13.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.62.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.639

Complementary

  1. #ebd227
  2. #2740eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebd227
  2. #27a2eb
  3. #7027eb

Analogous

  1. #eb7027
  2. #ebd227
  3. #a2eb27

Triadic

  1. #ebd227
  2. #27ebd2
  3. #d227eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebd227
  2. #40eb27
  3. #2740eb
  4. #d227eb

Square

  1. #ebd227
  2. #27eb70
  3. #2740eb
  4. #eb27a2

Monochromatic

  1. #6f620a
  2. #b5a011
  3. #ebd227
  4. #f1e16d
  5. #f8efb3

Shades

#ebd227 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebd227
  2. #d4bd23
  3. #bca81f
  4. #a5931b
  5. #8d7e17
  6. #766914
  7. #5e5410
  8. #473f0c
  9. #2f2a08
  10. #181504
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebd227 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebd227
  2. #edd73d
  3. #efdb52
  4. #f1e068
  5. #f3e47d
  6. #f5e993
  7. #f7eda9
  8. #f9f2be
  9. #fbf6d4
  10. #fdfbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebd227 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebd227
  2. #e0ca30
  3. #d6c239
  4. #cbb942
  5. #c0b14b
  6. #b6a954
  7. #aba15c
  8. #a09965
  9. #95906e
  10. #8b8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd2a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed536 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fec2b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9ce01 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd431 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7c891 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebd227 {
  color: #ebd227;
}
Background
.bg-ebd227 {
  background-color: #ebd227;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebd227 {
  border: 2px solid #ebd227;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebd227;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 210 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebd227 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebd227, #a2eb27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebd227 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 210 39 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.62 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.76 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.93 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.05 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.47 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.84 #142dd8 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebd227  rgb(235, 210, 39)  hsl(52, 83%, 54%)  Citrine
#2740eb  rgb(39, 64, 235)  hsl(232, 83%, 54%)  Iris
#27ebd2  rgb(39, 235, 210)  hsl(172, 83%, 54%)  Turquoise
#d227eb  rgb(210, 39, 235)  hsl(292, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple