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#EBE078

#ebe078 ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ebe078 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 87.84% green and 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.68% magenta, 48.94% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 54.26°, with 74.19% saturation and 69.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 1.64.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.7233

Complementary

  1. #ebe078
  2. #7883eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe078
  2. #78bdeb
  3. #a778eb

Analogous

  1. #eba778
  2. #ebe078
  3. #bdeb78

Triadic

  1. #ebe078
  2. #78ebe0
  3. #e078eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe078
  2. #83eb78
  3. #7883eb
  4. #e078eb

Square

  1. #ebe078
  2. #78eba7
  3. #7883eb
  4. #eb78bd

Monochromatic

  1. #b0a21a
  2. #e1d135
  3. #ebe078
  4. #f5efbb
  5. #fcfbed

Shades

#ebe078 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe078
  2. #d4ca6c
  3. #bcb360
  4. #a59d54
  5. #8d8648
  6. #76703c
  7. #5e5a30
  8. #474324
  9. #2f2d18
  10. #18160c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe078 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe078
  2. #ede386
  3. #efe693
  4. #f1e9a1
  5. #f3ecae
  6. #f5f0bc
  7. #f7f3c9
  8. #f9f6d7
  9. #fbf9e4
  10. #fdfcf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe078 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe078
  2. #e0d679
  3. #d6cd7a
  4. #cbc37a
  5. #c0ba7b
  6. #b6b07c
  7. #aba67d
  8. #a09d7e
  9. #95937e
  10. #8b8a7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3debd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0da6f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f4e07d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fad4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #eedc73 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0e07b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d9ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe078 {
  color: #ebe078;
}
Background
.bg-ebe078 {
  background-color: #ebe078;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe078 {
  border: 2px solid #ebe078;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe078;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 224 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 74% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe078 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe078, #bdeb78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe078 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 224 120 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 1.64 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 2.57 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 2.86 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 3.27 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 4.32 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.07 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 6.44 #141f87 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Straw
#ebe078  rgb(235, 224, 120)  hsl(54, 74%, 70%)  Straw
#7883eb  rgb(120, 131, 235)  hsl(234, 74%, 70%)  Glaucous
#78ebe0  rgb(120, 235, 224)  hsl(174, 74%, 70%)  Turquoise
#e078eb  rgb(224, 120, 235)  hsl(294, 74%, 70%)  Violet