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#ECBA01

#ecba01 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecba01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 72.94% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.19% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 47.23°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5295

Complementary

  1. #ecba01
  2. #0133ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecba01
  2. #01a9ec
  3. #4401ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4401
  2. #ecba01
  3. #a9ec01

Triadic

  1. #ecba01
  2. #01ecba
  3. #ba01ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecba01
  2. #33ec01
  3. #0133ec
  4. #ba01ec

Square

  1. #ecba01
  2. #01ec44
  3. #0133ec
  4. #ec01a9

Monochromatic

  1. #544200
  2. #a07e01
  3. #ecba01
  4. #fed53b
  5. #fee588

Shades

#ecba01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecba01
  2. #d4a701
  3. #bd9501
  4. #a58201
  5. #8e7001
  6. #765d01
  7. #5e4a00
  8. #473800
  9. #2f2500
  10. #181300
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecba01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecba01
  2. #eec11a
  3. #f0c834
  4. #f2cf4d
  5. #f4d667
  6. #f6dd80
  7. #f7e399
  8. #f9eab3
  9. #fbf1cc
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecba01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecba01
  2. #e1b40e
  3. #d6ae1a
  4. #cca927
  5. #c1a334
  6. #b69d41
  7. #ab974d
  8. #a0915a
  9. #968c67
  10. #8b8673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3be99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec61c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa89e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddb900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c114 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9af7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecba01 {
  color: #ecba01;
}
Background
.bg-ecba01 {
  background-color: #ecba01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecba01 {
  border: 2px solid #ecba01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecba01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 186 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecba01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecba01, #a9ec01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecba01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 186 1 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.71 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.47 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.84 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.28 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.50 #1345fe Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecba01  rgb(236, 186, 1)  hsl(47, 99%, 46%)  Saffron
#0133ec  rgb(1, 51, 236)  hsl(227, 99%, 46%)  Blue
#01ecba  rgb(1, 236, 186)  hsl(167, 99%, 46%)  Aquamarine
#ba01ec  rgb(186, 1, 236)  hsl(287, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple