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#ECDC01

#ecdc01 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecdc01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 86.27% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.78% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 55.91°, 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 14.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.71.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6902

Complementary

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #0111ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #0187ec
  3. #6601ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6601
  2. #ecdc01
  3. #87ec01

Triadic

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #01ecdc
  3. #dc01ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #11ec01
  3. #0111ec
  4. #dc01ec

Square

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #01ec66
  3. #0111ec
  4. #ec0187

Monochromatic

  1. #544e00
  2. #a09501
  3. #ecdc01
  4. #fef13b
  5. #fef688

Shades

#ecdc01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #d4c601
  3. #bdb001
  4. #a59a01
  5. #8e8401
  6. #766e01
  7. #5e5800
  8. #474200
  9. #2f2c00
  10. #181600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecdc01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #eee01a
  3. #f0e334
  4. #f2e74d
  5. #f4ea67
  6. #f6ee80
  7. #f7f199
  8. #f9f5b3
  9. #fbf8cc
  10. #fdfce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecdc01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecdc01
  2. #e1d30e
  3. #d6ca1a
  4. #ccc027
  5. #c1b734
  6. #b6ae41
  7. #aba54d
  8. #a09c5a
  9. #969267
  10. #8b8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1daac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1d400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f6dc28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcbbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #efd700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2dc1e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8d295 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecdc01 {
  color: #ecdc01;
}
Background
.bg-ecdc01 {
  background-color: #ecdc01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecdc01 {
  border: 2px solid #ecdc01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecdc01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 220 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecdc01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecdc01, #87ec01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecdc01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 220 1 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.71 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.89 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.91 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.99 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.24 #1323fe Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ecdc01  rgb(236, 220, 1)  hsl(56, 99%, 46%)  Dandelion
#0111ec  rgb(1, 17, 236)  hsl(236, 99%, 46%)  Blue
#01ecdc  rgb(1, 236, 220)  hsl(176, 99%, 46%)  Bright Turquoise
#dc01ec  rgb(220, 1, 236)  hsl(296, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple