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#EBE121

#ebe121 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebe121 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 88.24% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.26% magenta, 85.96% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.03°, with 83.47% saturation and 52.55% 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 15.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.29.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7162

Complementary

  1. #ebe121
  2. #212beb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe121
  2. #2190eb
  3. #7c21eb

Analogous

  1. #eb7c21
  2. #ebe121
  3. #90eb21

Triadic

  1. #ebe121
  2. #21ebe1
  3. #e121eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe121
  2. #2beb21
  3. #212beb
  4. #e121eb

Square

  1. #ebe121
  2. #21eb7c
  3. #212beb
  4. #eb2190

Monochromatic

  1. #69650a
  2. #b0a810
  3. #ebe121
  4. #f1ea67
  5. #f8f4ad

Shades

#ebe121 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe121
  2. #d4cb1e
  3. #bcb41a
  4. #a59e17
  5. #8d8714
  6. #767111
  7. #5e5a0d
  8. #47440a
  9. #2f2d07
  10. #181703
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe121 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe121
  2. #ede437
  3. #efe74d
  4. #f1ea64
  5. #f3ed7a
  6. #f5f090
  7. #f7f3a6
  8. #f9f6bc
  9. #fbf9d3
  10. #fdfce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe121 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe121
  2. #e0d72b
  3. #d6ce34
  4. #cbc43e
  5. #c0ba47
  6. #b6b151
  7. #aba75a
  8. #a09d64
  9. #95936d
  10. #8b8a77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2deb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9df36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdd1c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1dc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4e02f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6d89a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe121 {
  color: #ebe121;
}
Background
.bg-ebe121 {
  background-color: #ebe121;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe121 {
  border: 2px solid #ebe121;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe121;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 225 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe121 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe121, #90eb21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe121 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 225 33 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.29 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.48 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.56 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.87 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.26 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.79 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.81 #141ede Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ebe121  rgb(235, 225, 33)  hsl(57, 83%, 53%)  Dandelion
#212beb  rgb(33, 43, 235)  hsl(237, 83%, 53%)  Blue
#21ebe1  rgb(33, 235, 225)  hsl(177, 83%, 53%)  Bright Turquoise
#e121eb  rgb(225, 33, 235)  hsl(297, 83%, 53%)  Fuchsia