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#EBE22B

#ebe22b ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebe22b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 88.63% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.83% magenta, 81.7% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.19°, with 82.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 15.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.38.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7223

Complementary

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #2b34eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #2b94eb
  3. #822beb

Analogous

  1. #eb822b
  2. #ebe22b
  3. #94eb2b

Triadic

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #2bebe2
  3. #e22beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #34eb2b
  3. #2b34eb
  4. #e22beb

Square

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #2beb82
  3. #2b34eb
  4. #eb2b94

Monochromatic

  1. #726d0b
  2. #b8b011
  3. #ebe22b
  4. #f2ec71
  5. #f8f5b7

Shades

#ebe22b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #d4cb27
  3. #bcb522
  4. #a59e1e
  5. #8d881a
  6. #767116
  7. #5e5a11
  8. #47440d
  9. #2f2d09
  10. #181704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe22b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #ede540
  3. #efe855
  4. #f1eb6b
  5. #f3ee80
  6. #f5f195
  7. #f7f3aa
  8. #f9f6bf
  9. #fbf9d5
  10. #fdfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe22b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe22b
  2. #e0d834
  3. #d6ce3c
  4. #cbc545
  5. #c0bb4d
  6. #b6b156
  7. #aba75e
  8. #a09d67
  9. #95946f
  10. #8b8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e3dfb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f6d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fae03d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdd2c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2dd03 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4e136 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6d99c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe22b {
  color: #ebe22b;
}
Background
.bg-ebe22b {
  background-color: #ebe22b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe22b {
  border: 2px solid #ebe22b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe22b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 226 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe22b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe22b, #94eb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe22b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 226 43 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.38 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.67 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.71 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.02 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.58 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.80 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 4.96 #141dd4 Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ebe22b  rgb(235, 226, 43)  hsl(57, 83%, 55%)  Dandelion
#2b34eb  rgb(43, 52, 235)  hsl(237, 83%, 55%)  Han Purple
#2bebe2  rgb(43, 235, 226)  hsl(177, 83%, 55%)  Bright Turquoise
#e22beb  rgb(226, 43, 235)  hsl(297, 83%, 55%)  Fuchsia