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#EBE53B

#ebe53b ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ebe53b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 89.8% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.55% magenta, 74.89% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.95°, with 81.48% saturation and 57.65% 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 15.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.7402

Complementary

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #3b41eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #3b99eb
  3. #8d3beb

Analogous

  1. #eb8d3b
  2. #ebe53b
  3. #99eb3b

Triadic

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #3bebe5
  3. #e53beb

Tetradic

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #41eb3b
  3. #3b41eb
  4. #e53beb

Square

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #3beb8d
  3. #3b41eb
  4. #eb3b99

Monochromatic

  1. #807c0d
  2. #c5bf14
  3. #ebe53b
  4. #f2ee80
  5. #f9f7c6

Shades

#ebe53b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #d4ce35
  3. #bcb72f
  4. #a5a029
  5. #8d8923
  6. #76731e
  7. #5e5c18
  8. #474512
  9. #2f2e0c
  10. #181706
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebe53b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #ede84f
  3. #efea62
  4. #f1ed76
  5. #f3ef89
  6. #f5f29d
  7. #f7f5b1
  8. #f9f7c4
  9. #fbfad8
  10. #fdfceb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebe53b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebe53b
  2. #e0db42
  3. #d6d149
  4. #cbc750
  5. #c0bd57
  6. #b6b35e
  7. #aba864
  8. #a09e6b
  9. #959472
  10. #8b8a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e2b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f8dc10 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fce249 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcd6c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3e027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e344 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6dca0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebe53b {
  color: #ebe53b;
}
Background
.bg-ebe53b {
  background-color: #ebe53b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebe53b {
  border: 2px solid #ebe53b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebe53b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 229 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 81% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebe53b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebe53b, #99eb3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebe53b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 229 59 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.27 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.39 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.11 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.20 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.49 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.88 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 4.99 #141ac4 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ebe53b  rgb(235, 229, 59)  hsl(58, 81%, 58%)  Dandelion
#3b41eb  rgb(59, 65, 235)  hsl(238, 81%, 58%)  Iris
#3bebe5  rgb(59, 235, 229)  hsl(178, 81%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#e53beb  rgb(229, 59, 235)  hsl(298, 81%, 58%)  Fuchsia