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#ECDB01

#ecdb01 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecdb01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 85.88% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.2% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 55.66°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.47% 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 14.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.87.

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Relative luminance0.685

Complementary

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #0112ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #0187ec
  3. #6501ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6501
  2. #ecdb01
  3. #87ec01

Triadic

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #01ecdb
  3. #db01ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #12ec01
  3. #0112ec
  4. #db01ec

Square

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #01ec65
  3. #0112ec
  4. #ec0187

Monochromatic

  1. #544e00
  2. #a09401
  3. #ecdb01
  4. #fef03b
  5. #fef688

Shades

#ecdb01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #d4c501
  3. #bdaf01
  4. #a59901
  5. #8e8301
  6. #766e01
  7. #5e5800
  8. #474200
  9. #2f2c00
  10. #181600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecdb01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #eedf1a
  3. #f0e234
  4. #f2e64d
  5. #f4e967
  6. #f6ed80
  7. #f7f199
  8. #f9f4b3
  9. #fbf8cc
  10. #fdfbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecdb01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecdb01
  2. #e1d20e
  3. #d6c91a
  4. #ccc027
  5. #c1b734
  6. #b6ae41
  7. #aba44d
  8. #a09b5a
  9. #969267
  10. #8b8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0d9ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0d300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6db28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcaba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #efd600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2db1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8d194 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecdb01 {
  color: #ecdb01;
}
Background
.bg-ecdb01 {
  background-color: #ecdb01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecdb01 {
  border: 2px solid #ecdb01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecdb01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 219 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecdb01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecdb01, #87ec01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecdb01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 219 1 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.87 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.63 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.95 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.79 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.80 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.20 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.44 #1324fe Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ecdb01  rgb(236, 219, 1)  hsl(56, 99%, 46%)  Dandelion
#0112ec  rgb(1, 18, 236)  hsl(236, 99%, 46%)  Blue
#01ecdb  rgb(1, 236, 219)  hsl(176, 99%, 46%)  Bright Turquoise
#db01ec  rgb(219, 1, 236)  hsl(296, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple