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#ECC205

#ecc205 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecc205 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 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.8% magenta, 97.88% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 95.85% saturation and 47.25% 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 12.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5643

Complementary

  1. #ecc205
  2. #052fec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc205
  2. #05a2ec
  3. #4e05ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4e05
  2. #ecc205
  3. #a2ec05

Triadic

  1. #ecc205
  2. #05ecc2
  3. #c205ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc205
  2. #2fec05
  3. #052fec
  4. #c205ec

Square

  1. #ecc205
  2. #05ec4e
  3. #052fec
  4. #ec05a2

Monochromatic

  1. #564702
  2. #a18403
  3. #ecc205
  4. #fbd942
  5. #fde88d

Shades

#ecc205 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc205
  2. #d4af05
  3. #bd9b04
  4. #a58804
  5. #8e7403
  6. #766103
  7. #5e4e02
  8. #473a02
  9. #2f2701
  10. #181301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc205 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc205
  2. #eec81e
  3. #f0ce37
  4. #f2d450
  5. #f4da69
  6. #f6e182
  7. #f7e79b
  8. #f9edb4
  9. #fbf3cd
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc205 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc205
  2. #e1bb11
  3. #d6b51e
  4. #ccae2a
  5. #c1a836
  6. #b6a143
  7. #ab9a4f
  8. #a0945b
  9. #968d67
  10. #8b8774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.29:1 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 #e4cb20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb0a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7c819 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8b883 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc205 {
  color: #ecc205;
}
Background
.bg-ecc205 {
  background-color: #ecc205;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc205 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc205;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc205;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 194 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc205 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc205, #a2ec05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc205 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 194 5 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.94 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.64 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.05 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.26 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.41 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.00 #133dfa Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ecc205  rgb(236, 194, 5)  hsl(49, 96%, 47%)  Jonquil
#052fec  rgb(5, 47, 236)  hsl(229, 96%, 47%)  Blue
#05ecc2  rgb(5, 236, 194)  hsl(169, 96%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#c205ec  rgb(194, 5, 236)  hsl(289, 96%, 47%)  Electric Purple