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#EDBB20

#edbb20 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#edbb20 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 73.33% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.1% magenta, 86.5% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 45.37°, with 85.06% saturation and 52.75% 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 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5365

Complementary

  1. #edbb20
  2. #2052ed

Split complementary

  1. #edbb20
  2. #20b8ed
  3. #5520ed

Analogous

  1. #ed5520
  2. #edbb20
  3. #b8ed20

Triadic

  1. #edbb20
  2. #20edbb
  3. #bb20ed

Tetradic

  1. #edbb20
  2. #52ed20
  3. #2052ed
  4. #bb20ed

Square

  1. #edbb20
  2. #20ed55
  3. #2052ed
  4. #ed20b8

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5309
  2. #b28a0e
  3. #edbb20
  4. #f3d167
  5. #f8e6ae

Shades

#edbb20 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edbb20
  2. #d5a81d
  3. #be961a
  4. #a68316
  5. #8e7013
  6. #775e10
  7. #5f4b0d
  8. #47380a
  9. #2f2506
  10. #181303
  11. #000000

Tints

#edbb20 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edbb20
  2. #efc236
  3. #f1c94d
  4. #f2cf63
  5. #f4d679
  6. #f6dd90
  7. #f8e4a6
  8. #faebbc
  9. #fbf1d2
  10. #fdf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edbb20 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edbb20
  2. #e2b52a
  3. #d7af33
  4. #cca93d
  5. #c1a346
  6. #b79e50
  7. #ac985a
  8. #a19263
  9. #968c6d
  10. #8b8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4bf9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc72c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffa9a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #deba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c228 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fab180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edbb20 {
  color: #edbb20;
}
Background
.bg-edbb20 {
  background-color: #edbb20;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edbb20 {
  border: 2px solid #edbb20;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edbb20;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 187 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 85% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edbb20 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edbb20, #b8ed20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edbb20 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 187 32 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.68 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 2.97 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 3.43 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 3.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.16 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.43 #1244df Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Saffron
#edbb20  rgb(237, 187, 32)  hsl(45, 85%, 53%)  Saffron
#2052ed  rgb(32, 82, 237)  hsl(225, 85%, 53%)  Iris
#20edbb  rgb(32, 237, 187)  hsl(165, 85%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#bb20ed  rgb(187, 32, 237)  hsl(285, 85%, 53%)  Electric Purple