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#E4C331

#e4c331 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.47% magenta, 78.51% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 48.94°, with 76.82% saturation and 54.31% 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 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.46.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5575

Complementary

  1. #e4c331
  2. #3152e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4c331
  2. #31abe4
  3. #6931e4

Analogous

  1. #e46931
  2. #e4c331
  3. #abe431

Triadic

  1. #e4c331
  2. #31e4c3
  3. #c331e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4c331
  2. #52e431
  3. #3152e4
  4. #c331e4

Square

  1. #e4c331
  2. #31e469
  3. #3152e4
  4. #e431ab

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5c0e
  2. #b19517
  3. #e4c331
  4. #edd775
  5. #f6eab8

Shades

#e4c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4c331
  2. #cdb02c
  3. #b69c27
  4. #a08922
  5. #89751d
  6. #726219
  7. #5b4e14
  8. #443b0f
  9. #2e270a
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4c331
  2. #e7c946
  3. #e9cf5a
  4. #ecd56f
  5. #efdb83
  6. #f2e198
  7. #f4e7ad
  8. #f7edc1
  9. #faf3d6
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4c331
  2. #dabc39
  3. #d0b641
  4. #c6af49
  5. #bca851
  6. #b2a259
  7. #a89b60
  8. #9e9468
  9. #948d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c93b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7b3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddc120 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2c737 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4c331 {
  color: #e4c331;
}
Background
.bg-e4c331 {
  background-color: #e4c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4c331 {
  border: 2px solid #e4c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4c331, #abe431);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.46 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.99 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.06 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.36 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.64 #1b3cce Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e4c331  rgb(228, 195, 49)  hsl(49, 77%, 54%)  Jonquil
#3152e4  rgb(49, 82, 228)  hsl(229, 77%, 54%)  Iris
#31e4c3  rgb(49, 228, 195)  hsl(169, 77%, 54%)  Turquoise
#c331e4  rgb(195, 49, 228)  hsl(289, 77%, 54%)  Electric Purple