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#ECB80A

#ecb80a ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecb80a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.16% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.03% magenta, 95.76% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 46.19°, with 91.87% saturation and 48.24% 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 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5214

Complementary

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #0a3eec

Split complementary

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #0aafec
  3. #470aec

Analogous

  1. #ec470a
  2. #ecb80a
  3. #afec0a

Triadic

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #0aecb8
  3. #b80aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #3eec0a
  3. #0a3eec
  4. #b80aec

Square

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #0aec47
  3. #0a3eec
  4. #ec0aaf

Monochromatic

  1. #594604
  2. #a37f07
  3. #ecb80a
  4. #f7d04b
  5. #fae395

Shades

#ecb80a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #d4a609
  3. #bd9308
  4. #a58107
  5. #8e6e06
  6. #765c05
  7. #5e4a04
  8. #473703
  9. #2f2502
  10. #181201
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecb80a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #eebf23
  3. #f0c63b
  4. #f2cd54
  5. #f4d46c
  6. #f6dc85
  7. #f7e39d
  8. #f9eab6
  9. #fbf1ce
  10. #fdf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecb80a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecb80a
  2. #e1b216
  3. #d6ad22
  4. #cca72d
  5. #c1a239
  6. #b69c45
  7. #ab9651
  8. #a0915d
  9. #968b68
  10. #8b8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3bc98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc51f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcb700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9ad7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecb80a {
  color: #ecb80a;
}
Background
.bg-ecb80a {
  background-color: #ecb80a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecb80a {
  border: 2px solid #ecb80a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecb80a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 184 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecb80a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb80a, #afec0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecb80a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 184 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.08 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.12 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.60 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.63 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.86 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.02 #1347f5 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecb80a  rgb(236, 184, 10)  hsl(46, 92%, 48%)  Saffron
#0a3eec  rgb(10, 62, 236)  hsl(226, 92%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#0aecb8  rgb(10, 236, 184)  hsl(166, 92%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#b80aec  rgb(184, 10, 236)  hsl(286, 92%, 48%)  Electric Purple