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#ECC656

#ecc656 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ecc656 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 77.65% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 63.56% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 44.8°, with 79.79% saturation and 63.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.5889

Complementary

  1. #ecc656
  2. #567cec

Split complementary

  1. #ecc656
  2. #56c7ec
  3. #7b56ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7b56
  2. #ecc656
  3. #c7ec56

Triadic

  1. #ecc656
  2. #56ecc6
  3. #c656ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecc656
  2. #7cec56
  3. #567cec
  4. #c656ec

Square

  1. #ecc656
  2. #56ec7b
  3. #567cec
  4. #ec56c7

Monochromatic

  1. #987611
  2. #ddab19
  3. #ecc656
  4. #f4dd9b
  5. #fbf4e0

Shades

#ecc656 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecc656
  2. #d4b24d
  3. #bd9e45
  4. #a58b3c
  5. #8e7734
  6. #76632b
  7. #5e4f22
  8. #473b1a
  9. #2f2811
  10. #181409
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecc656 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecc656
  2. #eecc67
  3. #f0d178
  4. #f2d789
  5. #f4dd9a
  6. #f6e3ab
  7. #f7e8bb
  8. #f9eecc
  9. #fbf4dd
  10. #fdf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecc656 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecc656
  2. #e1bf5a
  3. #d6b85e
  4. #ccb163
  5. #c1aa67
  6. #b6a36b
  7. #ab9c6f
  8. #a09573
  9. #968e78
  10. #8b877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c8a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac449 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4ce5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #feb7ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c54f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7cb59 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7bd93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecc656 {
  color: #ecc656;
}
Background
.bg-ecc656 {
  background-color: #ecc656;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecc656 {
  border: 2px solid #ecc656;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecc656;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 198 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecc656 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc656, #c7ec56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecc656 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 198 86 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.16 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.93 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.00 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.06 #1339a9 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Saffron
#ecc656  rgb(236, 198, 86)  hsl(45, 80%, 63%)  Saffron
#567cec  rgb(86, 124, 236)  hsl(225, 80%, 63%)  Brandeis Blue
#56ecc6  rgb(86, 236, 198)  hsl(165, 80%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#c656ec  rgb(198, 86, 236)  hsl(285, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid