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#EEC81E

#eec81e ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eec81e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 78.43% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.97% magenta, 87.39% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 49.04°, with 85.95% saturation and 52.55% 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 12.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.21.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5958

Complementary

  1. #eec81e
  2. #1e44ee

Split complementary

  1. #eec81e
  2. #1eacee
  3. #601eee

Analogous

  1. #ee601e
  2. #eec81e
  3. #acee1e

Triadic

  1. #eec81e
  2. #1eeec8
  3. #c81eee

Tetradic

  1. #eec81e
  2. #44ee1e
  3. #1e44ee
  4. #c81eee

Square

  1. #eec81e
  2. #1eee60
  3. #1e44ee
  4. #ee1eac

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5908
  2. #b2940d
  3. #eec81e
  4. #f3d965
  5. #f9ebac

Shades

#eec81e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec81e
  2. #d6b41b
  3. #bea018
  4. #a78c15
  5. #8f7812
  6. #77640f
  7. #5f500c
  8. #473c09
  9. #302806
  10. #181403
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec81e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec81e
  2. #f0ce35
  3. #f1d34b
  4. #f3d962
  5. #f5de78
  6. #f7e48f
  7. #f8e9a5
  8. #faefbc
  9. #fcf4d2
  10. #fdfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec81e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec81e
  2. #e3c128
  3. #d8ba32
  4. #cdb23b
  5. #c2ab45
  6. #b7a44f
  7. #ac9d59
  8. #a19663
  9. #968e6c
  10. #8b8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dacaa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8d02e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5c600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebcd28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fabe89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec81e {
  color: #eec81e;
}
Background
.bg-eec81e {
  background-color: #eec81e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec81e {
  border: 2px solid #eec81e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec81e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 200 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 86% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec81e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec81e, #acee1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec81e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 200 30 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.21 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.21 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.39 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.87 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.96 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.84 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.04 #1137e1 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Jonquil
#eec81e  rgb(238, 200, 30)  hsl(49, 86%, 53%)  Jonquil
#1e44ee  rgb(30, 68, 238)  hsl(229, 86%, 53%)  Iris
#1eeec8  rgb(30, 238, 200)  hsl(169, 86%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#c81eee  rgb(200, 30, 238)  hsl(289, 86%, 53%)  Electric Purple