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#E6C331

#e6c331 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.22% magenta, 78.7% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 48.4°, with 78.35% saturation and 54.71% 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 12.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5607

Complementary

  1. #e6c331
  2. #3154e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6c331
  2. #31aee6
  3. #6931e6

Analogous

  1. #e66931
  2. #e6c331
  3. #aee631

Triadic

  1. #e6c331
  2. #31e6c3
  3. #c331e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6c331
  2. #54e631
  3. #3154e6
  4. #c331e6

Square

  1. #e6c331
  2. #31e669
  3. #3154e6
  4. #e631ae

Monochromatic

  1. #705d0e
  2. #b59616
  3. #e6c331
  4. #eed775
  5. #f7ebb9

Shades

#e6c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6c331
  2. #cfb02c
  3. #b89c27
  4. #a18922
  5. #8a751d
  6. #736219
  7. #5c4e14
  8. #453b0f
  9. #2e270a
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6c331
  2. #e9c946
  3. #ebcf5a
  4. #eed56f
  5. #f0db83
  6. #f3e198
  7. #f5e7ad
  8. #f8edc1
  9. #faf3d6
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6c331
  2. #dcbc39
  3. #d2b641
  4. #c7af49
  5. #bda851
  6. #b3a259
  7. #a99b60
  8. #9f9468
  9. #948d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3c49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1ca3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9b3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dec120 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c737 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f2ba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6c331 {
  color: #e6c331;
}
Background
.bg-e6c331 {
  background-color: #e6c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6c331 {
  border: 2px solid #e6c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 78% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6c331, #aee631);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.71 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.98 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.35 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.38 #193cce Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e6c331  rgb(230, 195, 49)  hsl(48, 78%, 55%)  Jonquil
#3154e6  rgb(49, 84, 230)  hsl(228, 78%, 55%)  Iris
#31e6c3  rgb(49, 230, 195)  hsl(168, 78%, 55%)  Turquoise
#c331e6  rgb(195, 49, 230)  hsl(288, 78%, 55%)  Electric Purple