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#ECBA03

#ecba03 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecba03 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 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.19% magenta, 98.73% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 47.12°, with 97.49% saturation and 46.86% 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 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.5296

Complementary

  1. #ecba03
  2. #0335ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecba03
  2. #03aaec
  3. #4503ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4503
  2. #ecba03
  3. #aaec03

Triadic

  1. #ecba03
  2. #03ecba
  3. #ba03ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecba03
  2. #35ec03
  3. #0335ec
  4. #ba03ec

Square

  1. #ecba03
  2. #03ec45
  3. #0335ec
  4. #ec03aa

Monochromatic

  1. #554301
  2. #a07e02
  3. #ecba03
  4. #fdd43f
  5. #fee58a

Shades

#ecba03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecba03
  2. #d4a703
  3. #bd9502
  4. #a58202
  5. #8e7002
  6. #765d02
  7. #5e4a01
  8. #473801
  9. #2f2501
  10. #181300
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecba03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecba03
  2. #eec11c
  3. #f0c835
  4. #f2cf4f
  5. #f4d668
  6. #f6dd81
  7. #f7e39a
  8. #f9eab3
  9. #fbf1cd
  10. #fdf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecba03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecba03
  2. #e1b410
  3. #d6ae1c
  4. #cca929
  5. #c1a335
  6. #b69d42
  7. #ab974e
  8. #a0915b
  9. #968c67
  10. #8b8674
  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 #dec61d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa89e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddb900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c115 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9af7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecba03 {
  color: #ecba03;
}
Background
.bg-ecba03 {
  background-color: #ecba03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecba03 {
  border: 2px solid #ecba03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecba03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 186 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecba03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecba03, #aaec03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecba03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 186 3 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.70 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.42 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.83 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.30 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.49 #1345fc Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecba03  rgb(236, 186, 3)  hsl(47, 97%, 47%)  Saffron
#0335ec  rgb(3, 53, 236)  hsl(227, 97%, 47%)  Blue
#03ecba  rgb(3, 236, 186)  hsl(167, 97%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#ba03ec  rgb(186, 3, 236)  hsl(287, 97%, 47%)  Electric Purple