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#ECBB20

#ecbb20 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecbb20 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 73.33% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.76% magenta, 86.44% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 45.59°, with 84.3% saturation and 52.55% 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5348

Complementary

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #2051ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #20b7ec
  3. #5520ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5520
  2. #ecbb20
  3. #b7ec20

Triadic

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #20ecbb
  3. #bb20ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #51ec20
  3. #2051ec
  4. #bb20ec

Square

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #20ec55
  3. #2051ec
  4. #ec20b7

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5309
  2. #b08a0f
  3. #ecbb20
  4. #f2d166
  5. #f8e6ad

Shades

#ecbb20 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #d4a81d
  3. #bd961a
  4. #a58316
  5. #8e7013
  6. #765e10
  7. #5e4b0d
  8. #47380a
  9. #2f2506
  10. #181303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecbb20 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #eec236
  3. #f0c94d
  4. #f2cf63
  5. #f4d679
  6. #f6dd90
  7. #f7e4a6
  8. #f9ebbc
  9. #fbf1d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecbb20 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecbb20
  2. #e1b52a
  3. #d6af33
  4. #cca93d
  5. #c1a346
  6. #b69e50
  7. #ab985a
  8. #a09263
  9. #968c6d
  10. #8b8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec72c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c228 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecbb20 {
  color: #ecbb20;
}
Background
.bg-ecbb20 {
  background-color: #ecbb20;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecbb20 {
  border: 2px solid #ecbb20;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecbb20;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 187 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecbb20 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecbb20, #b7ec20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecbb20 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 187 32 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.64 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.14 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.60 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.93 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.32 #1344df Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecbb20  rgb(236, 187, 32)  hsl(46, 84%, 53%)  Saffron
#2051ec  rgb(32, 81, 236)  hsl(226, 84%, 53%)  Iris
#20ecbb  rgb(32, 236, 187)  hsl(166, 84%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#bb20ec  rgb(187, 32, 236)  hsl(286, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple