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#ECC41E

#ecc41e ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecc41e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 76.86% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.95% magenta, 87.29% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 48.35°, with 84.43% saturation and 52.16% 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 12.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.72.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5741

Complementary

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #1e46ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #1eadec
  3. #5d1eec

Analogous

  1. #ec5d1e
  2. #ecc41e
  3. #adec1e

Triadic

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #1eecc4
  3. #c41eec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #46ec1e
  3. #1e46ec
  4. #c41eec

Square

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #1eec5d
  3. #1e46ec
  4. #ec1ead

Monochromatic

  1. #685609
  2. #af900f
  3. #ecc41e
  4. #f2d765
  5. #f8e9ab

Shades

#ecc41e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #d4b01b
  3. #bd9d18
  4. #a58915
  5. #8e7612
  6. #76620f
  7. #5e4e0c
  8. #473b09
  9. #2f2706
  10. #181403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc41e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #eeca35
  3. #f0d04b
  4. #f2d662
  5. #f4dc78
  6. #f6e28f
  7. #f7e7a5
  8. #f9edbc
  9. #fbf3d2
  10. #fdf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc41e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc41e
  2. #e1bd28
  3. #d6b632
  4. #ccb03b
  5. #c1a945
  6. #b6a24f
  7. #ab9b59
  8. #a09463
  9. #968e6c
  10. #8b8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7c6a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cc2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8c928 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8ba86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc41e {
  color: #ecc41e;
}
Background
.bg-ecc41e {
  background-color: #ecc41e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc41e {
  border: 2px solid #ecc41e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc41e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 196 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 84% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc41e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc41e, #adec1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc41e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 196 30 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.72 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.54 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.77 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.14 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.45 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.74 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.89 #133be1 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ecc41e  rgb(236, 196, 30)  hsl(48, 84%, 52%)  Jonquil
#1e46ec  rgb(30, 70, 236)  hsl(228, 84%, 52%)  Iris
#1eecc4  rgb(30, 236, 196)  hsl(168, 84%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#c41eec  rgb(196, 30, 236)  hsl(288, 84%, 52%)  Electric Purple