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#E2C331

#e2c331 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.72% magenta, 78.32% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 49.49°, with 75.32% saturation and 53.92% 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 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.84.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5542

Complementary

  1. #e2c331
  2. #3150e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2c331
  2. #31a9e2
  3. #6a31e2

Analogous

  1. #e26a31
  2. #e2c331
  3. #a9e231

Triadic

  1. #e2c331
  2. #31e2c3
  3. #c331e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2c331
  2. #50e231
  3. #3150e2
  4. #c331e2

Square

  1. #e2c331
  2. #31e26a
  3. #3150e2
  4. #e231a9

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5b0f
  2. #ae9418
  3. #e2c331
  4. #ebd774
  5. #f5eab7

Shades

#e2c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2c331
  2. #cbb02c
  3. #b59c27
  4. #9e8922
  5. #88751d
  6. #716219
  7. #5a4e14
  8. #443b0f
  9. #2d270a
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2c331
  2. #e5c946
  3. #e8cf5a
  4. #ebd56f
  5. #eedb83
  6. #f1e198
  7. #f3e7ad
  8. #f6edc1
  9. #f9f3d6
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2c331
  2. #d8bc39
  3. #ceb641
  4. #c5af49
  5. #bba851
  6. #b1a259
  7. #a79b60
  8. #9d9468
  9. #948d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1c49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c93b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4b3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc020 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c637 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2c331 {
  color: #e2c331;
}
Background
.bg-e2c331 {
  background-color: #e2c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2c331 {
  border: 2px solid #e2c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 75% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2c331, #a9e231);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.84 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.52 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.82 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.85 #1d3cce Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e2c331  rgb(226, 195, 49)  hsl(49, 75%, 54%)  Jonquil
#3150e2  rgb(49, 80, 226)  hsl(229, 75%, 54%)  Iris
#31e2c3  rgb(49, 226, 195)  hsl(169, 75%, 54%)  Turquoise
#c331e2  rgb(195, 49, 226)  hsl(289, 75%, 54%)  Electric Purple