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#EECE12

#eece12 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eece12 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 80.78% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.45% magenta, 92.44% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 51.27°, with 86.61% saturation and 50.2% 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 13.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.65.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6236

Complementary

  1. #eece12
  2. #1232ee

Split complementary

  1. #eece12
  2. #12a0ee
  3. #6012ee

Analogous

  1. #ee6012
  2. #eece12
  3. #a0ee12

Triadic

  1. #eece12
  2. #12eece
  3. #ce12ee

Tetradic

  1. #eece12
  2. #32ee12
  3. #1232ee
  4. #ce12ee

Square

  1. #eece12
  2. #12ee60
  3. #1232ee
  4. #ee12a0

Monochromatic

  1. #605307
  2. #a8910c
  3. #eece12
  4. #f3dd59
  5. #f8eca1

Shades

#eece12 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eece12
  2. #d6b910
  3. #bea50e
  4. #a7900d
  5. #8f7c0b
  6. #776709
  7. #5f5207
  8. #473e05
  9. #302904
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#eece12 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eece12
  2. #f0d32a
  3. #f1d841
  4. #f3dd59
  5. #f5e271
  6. #f7e789
  7. #f8eba0
  8. #faf0b8
  9. #fcf5d0
  10. #fdfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eece12 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eece12
  2. #e3c61d
  3. #d8be28
  4. #cdb733
  5. #c2af3e
  6. #b7a749
  7. #ac9f54
  8. #a1975f
  9. #96906a
  10. #8b8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dccfa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd329 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbdb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd122 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fac48c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eece12 {
  color: #eece12;
}
Background
.bg-eece12 {
  background-color: #eece12;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eece12 {
  border: 2px solid #eece12;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eece12;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 206 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eece12 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eece12, #a0ee12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eece12 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 206 18 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.96 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.12 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.33 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.09 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.31 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.05 #1131ed Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Jonquil
#eece12  rgb(238, 206, 18)  hsl(51, 87%, 50%)  Jonquil
#1232ee  rgb(18, 50, 238)  hsl(231, 87%, 50%)  Blue
#12eece  rgb(18, 238, 206)  hsl(171, 87%, 50%)  Turquoise
#ce12ee  rgb(206, 18, 238)  hsl(291, 87%, 50%)  Electric Purple