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#ECDD04

#ecdd04 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecdd04 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 86.67% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.36% magenta, 98.31% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 56.12°, with 96.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 14.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.56.

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Relative luminance0.6955

Complementary

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #0413ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #0487ec
  3. #6904ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6904
  2. #ecdd04
  3. #87ec04

Triadic

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #04ecdd
  3. #dd04ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #13ec04
  3. #0413ec
  4. #dd04ec

Square

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #04ec69
  3. #0413ec
  4. #ec0487

Monochromatic

  1. #565001
  2. #a19703
  3. #ecdd04
  4. #fcf041
  5. #fdf68c

Shades

#ecdd04 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #d4c704
  3. #bdb103
  4. #a59b03
  5. #8e8502
  6. #766f02
  7. #5e5802
  8. #474201
  9. #2f2c01
  10. #181600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecdd04 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #eee01d
  3. #f0e436
  4. #f2e74f
  5. #f4eb68
  6. #f6ee82
  7. #f7f19b
  8. #f9f5b4
  9. #fbf8cd
  10. #fdfce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecdd04 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecdd04
  2. #e1d410
  3. #d6ca1d
  4. #ccc129
  5. #c1b836
  6. #b6af42
  7. #aba54e
  8. #a09c5b
  9. #969367
  10. #8b8974
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e1dbad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2d500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7dd29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcdbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f0d800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3dd1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7d396 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecdd04 {
  color: #ecdd04;
}
Background
.bg-ecdd04 {
  background-color: #ecdd04;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecdd04 {
  border: 2px solid #ecdd04;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecdd04;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 221 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecdd04 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecdd04, #87ec04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecdd04 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 221 4 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.56 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.36 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.14 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.81 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.03 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.07 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.11 #1322fb Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ecdd04  rgb(236, 221, 4)  hsl(56, 97%, 47%)  Dandelion
#0413ec  rgb(4, 19, 236)  hsl(236, 97%, 47%)  Blue
#04ecdd  rgb(4, 236, 221)  hsl(176, 97%, 47%)  Bright Turquoise
#dd04ec  rgb(221, 4, 236)  hsl(296, 97%, 47%)  Electric Purple