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#ECE00A

#ece00a ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ece00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 87.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.08% magenta, 95.76% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 56.81°, with 91.87% saturation and 48.24% 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 15.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.44.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7117

Complementary

  1. #ece00a
  2. #0a16ec

Split complementary

  1. #ece00a
  2. #0a87ec
  3. #6f0aec

Analogous

  1. #ec6f0a
  2. #ece00a
  3. #87ec0a

Triadic

  1. #ece00a
  2. #0aece0
  3. #e00aec

Tetradic

  1. #ece00a
  2. #16ec0a
  3. #0a16ec
  4. #e00aec

Square

  1. #ece00a
  2. #0aec6f
  3. #0a16ec
  4. #ec0a87

Monochromatic

  1. #595504
  2. #a39a07
  3. #ece00a
  4. #f7ee4b
  5. #faf595

Shades

#ece00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ece00a
  2. #d4ca09
  3. #bdb308
  4. #a59d07
  5. #8e8606
  6. #767005
  7. #5e5a04
  8. #474303
  9. #2f2d02
  10. #181601
  11. #000000

Tints

#ece00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ece00a
  2. #eee323
  3. #f0e63b
  4. #f2e954
  5. #f4ec6c
  6. #f6f085
  7. #f7f39d
  8. #f9f6b6
  9. #fbf9ce
  10. #fdfce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ece00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ece00a
  2. #e1d616
  3. #d6cd22
  4. #ccc32d
  5. #c1ba39
  6. #b6b045
  7. #aba651
  8. #a09d5d
  9. #969368
  10. #8b8a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2ddaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5d700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9df2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fed0bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1db00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f4df22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7d698 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ece00a {
  color: #ece00a;
}
Background
.bg-ece00a {
  background-color: #ece00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ece00a {
  border: 2px solid #ece00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ece00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 224 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ece00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece00a, #87ec0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ece00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 224 10 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.44 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.51 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.34 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 3.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.93 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.50 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.68 #131ff5 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ece00a  rgb(236, 224, 10)  hsl(57, 92%, 48%)  Dandelion
#0a16ec  rgb(10, 22, 236)  hsl(237, 92%, 48%)  Blue
#0aece0  rgb(10, 236, 224)  hsl(177, 92%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#e00aec  rgb(224, 10, 236)  hsl(297, 92%, 48%)  Fuchsia