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#ECE331

#ece331 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ece331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 89.02% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.81% magenta, 79.24% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 57.11°, with 83.11% saturation and 55.88% 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 15.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.41.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.7299

Complementary

  1. #ece331
  2. #313aec

Split complementary

  1. #ece331
  2. #3198ec
  3. #8531ec

Analogous

  1. #ec8531
  2. #ece331
  3. #98ec31

Triadic

  1. #ece331
  2. #31ece3
  3. #e331ec

Tetradic

  1. #ece331
  2. #3aec31
  3. #313aec
  4. #e331ec

Square

  1. #ece331
  2. #31ec85
  3. #313aec
  4. #ec3198

Monochromatic

  1. #79740b
  2. #bfb712
  3. #ece331
  4. #f2ed77
  5. #f9f6bd

Shades

#ece331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ece331
  2. #d4cc2c
  3. #bdb627
  4. #a59f22
  5. #8e881d
  6. #767219
  7. #5e5b14
  8. #47440f
  9. #2f2d0a
  10. #181705
  11. #000000

Tints

#ece331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ece331
  2. #eee646
  3. #f0e95a
  4. #f2eb6f
  5. #f4ee83
  6. #f6f198
  7. #f7f4ad
  8. #f9f7c1
  9. #fbf9d6
  10. #fdfcea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ece331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ece331
  2. #e1d939
  3. #d6cf41
  4. #ccc549
  5. #c1bb51
  6. #b6b259
  7. #aba860
  8. #a09e68
  9. #969470
  10. #8b8a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7da00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe141 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fed3c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3de15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e23b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7da9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ece331 {
  color: #ece331;
}
Background
.bg-ece331 {
  background-color: #ece331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ece331 {
  border: 2px solid #ece331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ece331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 227 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ece331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece331, #98ec31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ece331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 227 49 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.41 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 1.81 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 3.71 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.00 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 4.74 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.75 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.80 #131cce Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ece331  rgb(236, 227, 49)  hsl(57, 83%, 56%)  Dandelion
#313aec  rgb(49, 58, 236)  hsl(237, 83%, 56%)  Han Purple
#31ece3  rgb(49, 236, 227)  hsl(177, 83%, 56%)  Bright Turquoise
#e331ec  rgb(227, 49, 236)  hsl(297, 83%, 56%)  Fuchsia