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#EEC602

#eec602 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eec602 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 77.65% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.81% magenta, 99.16% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 49.83°, with 98.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 12.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.18.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.5857

Complementary

  1. #eec602
  2. #022aee

Split complementary

  1. #eec602
  2. #02a0ee
  3. #5002ee

Analogous

  1. #ee5002
  2. #eec602
  3. #a0ee02

Triadic

  1. #eec602
  2. #02eec6
  3. #c602ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec602
  2. #2aee02
  3. #022aee
  4. #c602ee

Square

  1. #eec602
  2. #02ee50
  3. #022aee
  4. #ee02a0

Monochromatic

  1. #564801
  2. #a28701
  3. #eec602
  4. #fddd3f
  5. #feeb8b

Shades

#eec602 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec602
  2. #d6b202
  3. #be9e02
  4. #a78b01
  5. #8f7701
  6. #776301
  7. #5f4f01
  8. #473b01
  9. #302800
  10. #181400
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec602 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec602
  2. #f0cc1b
  3. #f1d135
  4. #f3d74e
  5. #f5dd67
  6. #f7e381
  7. #f8e89a
  8. #faeeb3
  9. #fcf4cc
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec602 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec602
  2. #e3bf0f
  3. #d8b81b
  4. #cdb128
  5. #c2aa34
  6. #b7a341
  7. #ac9c4e
  8. #a1955a
  9. #968e67
  10. #8b8773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9c8a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddc200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7ce20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb4a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4c400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eacb18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fabc86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec602 {
  color: #eec602;
}
Background
.bg-eec602 {
  background-color: #eec602;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec602 {
  border: 2px solid #eec602;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec602;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 198 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec602 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec602, #a0ee02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec602 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 198 2 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.18 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.18 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.40 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.92 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.11 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.60 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.86 #1139fd Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#eec602  rgb(238, 198, 2)  hsl(50, 98%, 47%)  Jonquil
#022aee  rgb(2, 42, 238)  hsl(230, 98%, 47%)  Blue
#02eec6  rgb(2, 238, 198)  hsl(170, 98%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#c602ee  rgb(198, 2, 238)  hsl(290, 98%, 47%)  Electric Purple