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#ECE43F

#ece43f ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ece43f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 89.41% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.39% magenta, 73.31% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 57.23°, with 81.99% saturation and 58.63% 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 15.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 1.96.

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Relative luminance0.7368

Complementary

  1. #ece43f
  2. #3f47ec

Split complementary

  1. #ece43f
  2. #3f9dec
  3. #8e3fec

Analogous

  1. #ec8e3f
  2. #ece43f
  3. #9dec3f

Triadic

  1. #ece43f
  2. #3fece4
  3. #e43fec

Tetradic

  1. #ece43f
  2. #47ec3f
  3. #3f47ec
  4. #e43fec

Square

  1. #ece43f
  2. #3fec8e
  3. #3f47ec
  4. #ec3f9d

Monochromatic

  1. #857f0d
  2. #cac214
  3. #ece43f
  4. #f3ee85
  5. #faf8ca

Shades

#ece43f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ece43f
  2. #d4cd39
  3. #bdb632
  4. #a5a02c
  5. #8e8926
  6. #767220
  7. #5e5b19
  8. #474413
  9. #2f2e0d
  10. #181706
  11. #000000

Tints

#ece43f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ece43f
  2. #eee752
  3. #f0e965
  4. #f2ec79
  5. #f4ef8c
  6. #f6f29f
  7. #f7f4b2
  8. #f9f7c5
  9. #fbfad9
  10. #fdfcec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ece43f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ece43f
  2. #e1da46
  3. #d6d04c
  4. #ccc653
  5. #c1bc59
  6. #b6b260
  7. #aba866
  8. #a09e6d
  9. #969473
  10. #8b8a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7db1c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fbe24c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdd5c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3df2e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5e347 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7dba0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ece43f {
  color: #ece43f;
}
Background
.bg-ece43f {
  background-color: #ece43f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ece43f {
  border: 2px solid #ece43f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ece43f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 228 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ece43f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece43f, #9dec3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ece43f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 228 63 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 1.96 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 2.62 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.20 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.28 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.56 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 5.12 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 5.25 #131bc0 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Dandelion
#ece43f  rgb(236, 228, 63)  hsl(57, 82%, 59%)  Dandelion
#3f47ec  rgb(63, 71, 236)  hsl(237, 82%, 59%)  Majorelle Blue
#3fece4  rgb(63, 236, 228)  hsl(177, 82%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#e43fec  rgb(228, 63, 236)  hsl(297, 82%, 59%)  Fuchsia