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#ECC015

#ecc015 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecc015 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 75.29% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.64% magenta, 91.1% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 47.72°, with 84.98% saturation and 50.39% 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5559

Complementary

  1. #ecc015
  2. #1541ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc015
  2. #15acec
  3. #5415ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5415
  2. #ecc015
  3. #acec15

Triadic

  1. #ecc015
  2. #15ecc0
  3. #c015ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc015
  2. #41ec15
  3. #1541ec
  4. #c015ec

Square

  1. #ecc015
  2. #15ec54
  3. #1541ec
  4. #ec15ac

Monochromatic

  1. #604e08
  2. #a7880e
  3. #ecc015
  4. #f2d35c
  5. #f7e6a2

Shades

#ecc015 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc015
  2. #d4ad13
  3. #bd9a11
  4. #a5860f
  5. #8e730d
  6. #76600b
  7. #5e4d08
  8. #473a06
  9. #2f2604
  10. #181302
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc015 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc015
  2. #eec62c
  3. #f0cd44
  4. #f2d35b
  5. #f4d973
  6. #f6e08a
  7. #f7e6a1
  8. #f9ecb9
  9. #fbf2d0
  10. #fdf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc015 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc015
  2. #e1ba20
  3. #d6b32a
  4. #ccad35
  5. #c1a640
  6. #b6a04b
  7. #ab9a55
  8. #a09360
  9. #968d6b
  10. #8b8675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c39d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ca27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffafa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0be00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6c621 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b683 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc015 {
  color: #ecc015;
}
Background
.bg-ecc015 {
  background-color: #ecc015;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc015 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc015;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc015;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 192 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 85% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc015 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc015, #acec15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc015 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 192 21 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.06 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.53 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.57 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.74 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.14 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.84 #133fea Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecc015  rgb(236, 192, 21)  hsl(48, 85%, 50%)  Saffron
#1541ec  rgb(21, 65, 236)  hsl(228, 85%, 50%)  Iris
#15ecc0  rgb(21, 236, 192)  hsl(168, 85%, 50%)  Aquamarine
#c015ec  rgb(192, 21, 236)  hsl(288, 85%, 50%)  Electric Purple