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#ECD91D

#ecd91d ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd91d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 85.1% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 87.71% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 54.49°, with 84.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 14.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.99.

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Relative luminance0.6755

Complementary

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #1d30ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #1d98ec
  3. #711dec

Analogous

  1. #ec711d
  2. #ecd91d
  3. #98ec1d

Triadic

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #1decd9
  3. #d91dec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #30ec1d
  3. #1d30ec
  4. #d91dec

Square

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #1dec71
  3. #1d30ec
  4. #ec1d98

Monochromatic

  1. #675f09
  2. #ae9f0f
  3. #ecd91d
  4. #f2e564
  5. #f8f1aa

Shades

#ecd91d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #d4c31a
  3. #bdae17
  4. #a59814
  5. #8e8211
  6. #766d0f
  7. #5e570c
  8. #474109
  9. #2f2b06
  10. #181603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd91d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #eedd34
  3. #f0e14a
  4. #f2e461
  5. #f4e877
  6. #f6ec8e
  7. #f7f0a5
  8. #f9f4bb
  9. #fbf7d2
  10. #fdfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd91d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd91d
  2. #e1d027
  3. #d6c731
  4. #ccbe3b
  5. #c1b545
  6. #b6ad4f
  7. #aba458
  8. #a09b62
  9. #96926c
  10. #8b8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dfd7ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eed200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f4da32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edd500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f1da2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7cf94 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd91d {
  color: #ecd91d;
}
Background
.bg-ecd91d {
  background-color: #ecd91d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd91d {
  border: 2px solid #ecd91d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd91d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 217 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 84% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd91d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd91d, #98ec1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd91d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 217 29 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.99 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.08 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.46 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.68 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.72 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.84 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.05 #1326e2 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ecd91d  rgb(236, 217, 29)  hsl(54, 84%, 52%)  Dandelion
#1d30ec  rgb(29, 48, 236)  hsl(234, 84%, 52%)  Blue
#1decd9  rgb(29, 236, 217)  hsl(174, 84%, 52%)  Bright Turquoise
#d91dec  rgb(217, 29, 236)  hsl(294, 84%, 52%)  Electric Purple