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#EBD511

#ebd511 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebd511 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 83.53% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.36% magenta, 92.77% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 53.94°, with 86.51% saturation and 49.41% 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 14.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.34.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6529

Complementary

  1. #ebd511
  2. #1127eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebd511
  2. #1194eb
  3. #6811eb

Analogous

  1. #eb6811
  2. #ebd511
  3. #94eb11

Triadic

  1. #ebd511
  2. #11ebd5
  3. #d511eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebd511
  2. #27eb11
  3. #1127eb
  4. #d511eb

Square

  1. #ebd511
  2. #11eb68
  3. #1127eb
  4. #eb1194

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5407
  2. #a4940c
  3. #ebd511
  4. #f3e356
  5. #f8ef9d

Shades

#ebd511 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebd511
  2. #d4c00f
  3. #bcaa0e
  4. #a5950c
  5. #8d800a
  6. #766b09
  7. #5e5507
  8. #474005
  9. #2f2b03
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebd511 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebd511
  2. #edd929
  3. #efdd41
  4. #f1e258
  5. #f3e670
  6. #f5ea88
  7. #f7eea0
  8. #f9f2b8
  9. #fbf7cf
  10. #fdfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebd511 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebd511
  2. #e0cd1c
  3. #d6c427
  4. #cbbc32
  5. #c0b33d
  6. #b6ab49
  7. #aba254
  8. #a09a5f
  9. #95916a
  10. #8b8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddd4a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eace00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1d72b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fec4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebd100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eed623 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7cb91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebd511 {
  color: #ebd511;
}
Background
.bg-ebd511 {
  background-color: #ebd511;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebd511 {
  border: 2px solid #ebd511;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebd511;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 213 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 87% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebd511 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebd511, #94eb11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebd511 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 213 17 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.34 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.09 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.62 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.62 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.48 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.69 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.36 #142aee Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ebd511  rgb(235, 213, 17)  hsl(54, 87%, 49%)  Citrine
#1127eb  rgb(17, 39, 235)  hsl(234, 87%, 49%)  Blue
#11ebd5  rgb(17, 235, 213)  hsl(174, 87%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d511eb  rgb(213, 17, 235)  hsl(294, 87%, 49%)  Electric Purple