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#ECC200

#ecc200 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecc200 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 76.08% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.8% magenta, 100% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 49.32°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 12.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.94.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5642

Complementary

  1. #ecc200
  2. #002aec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc200
  2. #00a0ec
  3. #4c00ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4c00
  2. #ecc200
  3. #a0ec00

Triadic

  1. #ecc200
  2. #00ecc2
  3. #c200ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc200
  2. #2aec00
  3. #002aec
  4. #c200ec

Square

  1. #ecc200
  2. #00ec4c
  3. #002aec
  4. #ec00a0

Monochromatic

  1. #534400
  2. #9f8300
  3. #ecc200
  4. #ffdc39
  5. #ffe986

Shades

#ecc200 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc200
  2. #d4af00
  3. #bd9b00
  4. #a58800
  5. #8e7400
  6. #766100
  7. #5e4e00
  8. #473a00
  9. #2f2700
  10. #181300
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc200 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc200
  2. #eec81a
  3. #f0ce33
  4. #f2d44d
  5. #f4da66
  6. #f6e180
  7. #f7e799
  8. #f9edb3
  9. #fbf3cc
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc200 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc200
  2. #e1bb0d
  3. #d6b51a
  4. #ccae26
  5. #c1a833
  6. #b6a140
  7. #ab9a4d
  8. #a0945a
  9. #968d66
  10. #8b8773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6c49d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4cb1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7c816 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b883 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc200 {
  color: #ecc200;
}
Background
.bg-ecc200 {
  background-color: #ecc200;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc200 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc200;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc200;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 194 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc200 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc200, #a0ec00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc200 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 194 0 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.73 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.97 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.07 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.24 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.44 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.09 #133dff Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ecc200  rgb(236, 194, 0)  hsl(49, 100%, 46%)  Jonquil
#002aec  rgb(0, 42, 236)  hsl(229, 100%, 46%)  Blue
#00ecc2  rgb(0, 236, 194)  hsl(169, 100%, 46%)  Aquamarine
#c200ec  rgb(194, 0, 236)  hsl(289, 100%, 46%)  Electric Purple