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#EDCD11

#edcd11 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#edcd11 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 80.39% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.5% magenta, 92.83% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 51.27°, with 86.61% saturation and 49.8% 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 13.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6171

Complementary

  1. #edcd11
  2. #1131ed

Split complementary

  1. #edcd11
  2. #119fed
  3. #5f11ed

Analogous

  1. #ed5f11
  2. #edcd11
  3. #9fed11

Triadic

  1. #edcd11
  2. #11edcd
  3. #cd11ed

Tetradic

  1. #edcd11
  2. #31ed11
  3. #1131ed
  4. #cd11ed

Square

  1. #edcd11
  2. #11ed5f
  3. #1131ed
  4. #ed119f

Monochromatic

  1. #5e5107
  2. #a68f0c
  3. #edcd11
  4. #f3dc57
  5. #f8eb9f

Shades

#edcd11 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edcd11
  2. #d5b90f
  3. #bea40e
  4. #a6900c
  5. #8e7b0a
  6. #776709
  7. #5f5207
  8. #473e05
  9. #2f2903
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#edcd11 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edcd11
  2. #efd229
  3. #f1d741
  4. #f2dc58
  5. #f4e170
  6. #f6e688
  7. #f8eba0
  8. #faf0b8
  9. #fbf5cf
  10. #fdfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edcd11 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edcd11
  2. #e2c51c
  3. #d7be27
  4. #ccb632
  5. #c1ae3d
  6. #b7a749
  7. #ac9f54
  8. #a1975f
  9. #968f6a
  10. #8b8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbcea4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd328 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecd021 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9c38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edcd11 {
  color: #edcd11;
}
Background
.bg-edcd11 {
  background-color: #edcd11;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edcd11 {
  border: 2px solid #edcd11;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edcd11;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 205 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edcd11 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edcd11, #9fed11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edcd11 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 205 17 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.60 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.98 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.31 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.45 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.32 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.54 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.18 #1232ee Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Jonquil
#edcd11  rgb(237, 205, 17)  hsl(51, 87%, 50%)  Jonquil
#1131ed  rgb(17, 49, 237)  hsl(231, 87%, 50%)  Blue
#11edcd  rgb(17, 237, 205)  hsl(171, 87%, 50%)  Turquoise
#cd11ed  rgb(205, 17, 237)  hsl(291, 87%, 50%)  Electric Purple