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#E3C00A

#e3c00a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e3c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.42% magenta, 95.59% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 50.32°, with 91.56% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.5405

Complementary

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #0a2de3

Split complementary

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #0a9ae3
  3. #530ae3

Analogous

  1. #e3530a
  2. #e3c00a
  3. #9ae30a

Triadic

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #0ae3c0
  3. #c00ae3

Tetradic

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #2de30a
  3. #0a2de3
  4. #c00ae3

Square

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #0ae353
  3. #0a2de3
  4. #e30a9a

Monochromatic

  1. #504404
  2. #9a8207
  3. #e3c00a
  4. #f7da43
  5. #fae88c

Shades

#e3c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #ccad09
  3. #b69a08
  4. #9f8607
  5. #887306
  6. #726005
  7. #5b4d04
  8. #443a03
  9. #2d2602
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #e6c623
  3. #e9cd3b
  4. #ebd354
  5. #eed96c
  6. #f1e085
  7. #f4e69d
  8. #f7ecb6
  9. #f9f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3c00a
  2. #d9ba16
  3. #cfb322
  4. #c5ad2d
  5. #bba639
  6. #b2a045
  7. #a89a51
  8. #9e935d
  9. #948d68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c19b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6afa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbbe00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c41b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efb682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3c00a {
  color: #e3c00a;
}
Background
.bg-e3c00a {
  background-color: #e3c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3c00a {
  border: 2px solid #e3c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 92% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3c00a, #9ae30a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.21 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.42 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.43 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.59 #1c3ff5 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e3c00a  rgb(227, 192, 10)  hsl(50, 92%, 46%)  Jonquil
#0a2de3  rgb(10, 45, 227)  hsl(230, 92%, 46%)  Blue
#0ae3c0  rgb(10, 227, 192)  hsl(170, 92%, 46%)  Turquoise
#c00ae3  rgb(192, 10, 227)  hsl(290, 92%, 46%)  Electric Purple