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#EBD417

#ebd417 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebd417 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 83.14% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.79% magenta, 90.21% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 53.49°, 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 13.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.27.

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Relative luminance0.6481

Complementary

  1. #ebd417
  2. #172eeb

Split complementary

  1. #ebd417
  2. #1798eb
  3. #6a17eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6a17
  2. #ebd417
  3. #98eb17

Triadic

  1. #ebd417
  2. #17ebd4
  3. #d417eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebd417
  2. #2eeb17
  3. #172eeb
  4. #d417eb

Square

  1. #ebd417
  2. #17eb6a
  3. #172eeb
  4. #eb1798

Monochromatic

  1. #615708
  2. #a7970e
  3. #ebd417
  4. #f1e15d
  5. #f7eea4

Shades

#ebd417 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebd417
  2. #d4bf15
  3. #bcaa12
  4. #a59410
  5. #8d7f0e
  6. #766a0c
  7. #5e5509
  8. #474007
  9. #2f2a05
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebd417 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebd417
  2. #edd82e
  3. #efdd45
  4. #f1e15d
  5. #f3e574
  6. #f5ea8b
  7. #f7eea2
  8. #f9f2b9
  9. #fbf6d1
  10. #fdfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebd417 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebd417
  2. #e0cc22
  3. #d6c32c
  4. #cbbb37
  5. #c0b241
  6. #b6aa4c
  7. #aba256
  8. #a09961
  9. #95916b
  10. #8b8876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddd3a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9cd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0d62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fec4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ead000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eed526 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7ca90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebd417 {
  color: #ebd417;
}
Background
.bg-ebd417 {
  background-color: #ebd417;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebd417 {
  border: 2px solid #ebd417;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebd417;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 212 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebd417 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebd417, #98eb17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebd417 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 212 23 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.27 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.34 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.63 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.68 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.33 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.04 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.10 #142be8 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebd417  rgb(235, 212, 23)  hsl(53, 84%, 51%)  Citrine
#172eeb  rgb(23, 46, 235)  hsl(233, 84%, 51%)  Blue
#17ebd4  rgb(23, 235, 212)  hsl(173, 84%, 51%)  Turquoise
#d417eb  rgb(212, 23, 235)  hsl(293, 84%, 51%)  Electric Purple