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#ECCE23

#ecce23 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecce23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 80.78% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.71% magenta, 85.17% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 51.04°, with 84.1% saturation and 53.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.621

Complementary

  1. #ecce23
  2. #2341ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecce23
  2. #23a6ec
  3. #6923ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6923
  2. #ecce23
  3. #a6ec23

Triadic

  1. #ecce23
  2. #23ecce
  3. #ce23ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecce23
  2. #41ec23
  3. #2341ec
  4. #ce23ec

Square

  1. #ecce23
  2. #23ec69
  3. #2341ec
  4. #ec23a6

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5e09
  2. #b39b0f
  3. #ecce23
  4. #f2de69
  5. #f8edb0

Shades

#ecce23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecce23
  2. #d4b920
  3. #bda51c
  4. #a59019
  5. #8e7c15
  6. #766712
  7. #5e520e
  8. #473e0b
  9. #2f2907
  10. #181504
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecce23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecce23
  2. #eed339
  3. #f0d84f
  4. #f2dd65
  5. #f4e27b
  6. #f6e791
  7. #f7eba7
  8. #f9f0bd
  9. #fbf5d3
  10. #fdfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecce23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecce23
  2. #e1c62c
  3. #d6be36
  4. #ccb73f
  5. #c1af48
  6. #b6a752
  7. #ab9f5b
  8. #a09764
  9. #96906d
  10. #8b8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbcea6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd333 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbdb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecd12d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8c48d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecce23 {
  color: #ecce23;
}
Background
.bg-ecce23 {
  background-color: #ecce23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecce23 {
  border: 2px solid #ecce23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecce23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 206 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecce23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecce23, #a6ec23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecce23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 206 35 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.63 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.07 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.68 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.93 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.34 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.41 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.80 #1331dc Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecce23  rgb(236, 206, 35)  hsl(51, 84%, 53%)  Citrine
#2341ec  rgb(35, 65, 236)  hsl(231, 84%, 53%)  Iris
#23ecce  rgb(35, 236, 206)  hsl(171, 84%, 53%)  Turquoise
#ce23ec  rgb(206, 35, 236)  hsl(291, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple