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#EEC417

#eec417 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eec417 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 76.86% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 90.34% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 48.28°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% 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 12.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.51.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5772

Complementary

  1. #eec417
  2. #1741ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec417
  2. #17adee
  3. #5917ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5917
  2. #eec417
  3. #adee17

Triadic

  1. #eec417
  2. #17eec4
  3. #c417ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec417
  2. #41ee17
  3. #1741ee
  4. #c417ee

Square

  1. #eec417
  2. #17ee59
  3. #1741ee
  4. #ee17ad

Monochromatic

  1. #655207
  2. #ac8d0d
  3. #eec417
  4. #f3d65e
  5. #f8e8a6

Shades

#eec417 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec417
  2. #d6b015
  3. #be9d12
  4. #a78910
  5. #8f760e
  6. #77620c
  7. #5f4e09
  8. #473b07
  9. #302705
  10. #181402
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec417 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec417
  2. #f0ca2e
  3. #f1d045
  4. #f3d65d
  5. #f5dc74
  6. #f7e28b
  7. #f8e7a2
  8. #faedb9
  9. #fcf3d1
  10. #fdf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec417 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec417
  2. #e3bd22
  3. #d8b62c
  4. #cdb037
  5. #c2a941
  6. #b7a24c
  7. #ac9b56
  8. #a19461
  9. #968e6b
  10. #8b8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c6a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9ca23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #faba85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec417 {
  color: #eec417;
}
Background
.bg-eec417 {
  background-color: #eec417;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec417 {
  border: 2px solid #eec417;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec417;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 196 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec417 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec417, #adee17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec417 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 196 23 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.51 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.29 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.45 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.91 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.96 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.26 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.77 #113be8 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#eec417  rgb(238, 196, 23)  hsl(48, 86%, 51%)  Jonquil
#1741ee  rgb(23, 65, 238)  hsl(228, 86%, 51%)  Iris
#17eec4  rgb(23, 238, 196)  hsl(168, 86%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#c417ee  rgb(196, 23, 238)  hsl(288, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple