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#E1BE21

#e1be21 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e1be21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.56% magenta, 85.33% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 49.06°, with 76.19% saturation and 50.59% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5294

Complementary

  1. #e1be21
  2. #2144e1

Split complementary

  1. #e1be21
  2. #21a4e1
  3. #5e21e1

Analogous

  1. #e15e21
  2. #e1be21
  3. #a4e121

Triadic

  1. #e1be21
  2. #21e1be
  3. #be21e1

Tetradic

  1. #e1be21
  2. #44e121
  3. #2144e1
  4. #be21e1

Square

  1. #e1be21
  2. #21e15e
  3. #2144e1
  4. #e121a4

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4e0d
  2. #a08716
  3. #e1be21
  4. #ead264
  5. #f3e5a8

Shades

#e1be21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e1be21
  2. #cbab1e
  3. #b4981a
  4. #9e8517
  5. #877214
  6. #715f11
  7. #5a4c0d
  8. #44390a
  9. #2d2607
  10. #171303
  11. #000000

Tints

#e1be21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e1be21
  2. #e4c537
  3. #e7cb4d
  4. #ead264
  5. #edd87a
  6. #f0df90
  7. #f3e5a6
  8. #f6ecbc
  9. #f9f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e1be21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e1be21
  2. #d7b82b
  3. #ceb234
  4. #c4ab3e
  5. #baa547
  6. #b19f51
  7. #a7995a
  8. #9d9364
  9. #938c6d
  10. #8a8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cebf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc52f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4aea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec22a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edb582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e1be21 {
  color: #e1be21;
}
Background
.bg-e1be21 {
  background-color: #e1be21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e1be21 {
  border: 2px solid #e1be21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e1be21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 76% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e1be21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1be21, #a4e121);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e1be21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.02 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.40 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.95 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.79 #1e41de Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e1be21  rgb(225, 190, 33)  hsl(49, 76%, 51%)  Jonquil
#2144e1  rgb(33, 68, 225)  hsl(229, 76%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#21e1be  rgb(33, 225, 190)  hsl(169, 76%, 51%)  Turquoise
#be21e1  rgb(190, 33, 225)  hsl(289, 76%, 51%)  Electric Purple