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#E7C331

#e7c331 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e7c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.58% magenta, 78.79% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 48.13°, with 79.13% saturation and 54.9% 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 12.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5624

Complementary

  1. #e7c331
  2. #3155e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7c331
  2. #31b0e7
  3. #6831e7

Analogous

  1. #e76831
  2. #e7c331
  3. #b0e731

Triadic

  1. #e7c331
  2. #31e7c3
  3. #c331e7

Tetradic

  1. #e7c331
  2. #55e731
  3. #3155e7
  4. #c331e7

Square

  1. #e7c331
  2. #31e768
  3. #3155e7
  4. #e731b0

Monochromatic

  1. #725e0d
  2. #b69615
  3. #e7c331
  4. #efd776
  5. #f7ebba

Shades

#e7c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7c331
  2. #d0b02c
  3. #b99c27
  4. #a28922
  5. #8b751d
  6. #746219
  7. #5c4e14
  8. #453b0f
  9. #2e270a
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7c331
  2. #e9c946
  3. #eccf5a
  4. #eed56f
  5. #f1db83
  6. #f3e198
  7. #f5e7ad
  8. #f8edc1
  9. #faf3d6
  10. #fdf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7c331
  2. #ddbc39
  3. #d2b641
  4. #c8af49
  5. #bea851
  6. #b4a259
  7. #a99b60
  8. #9f9468
  9. #958d70
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c5a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf0a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1ca3b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fab3a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dec11f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4c737 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3ba88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7c331 {
  color: #e7c331;
}
Background
.bg-e7c331 {
  background-color: #e7c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7c331 {
  border: 2px solid #e7c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 79% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7c331, #b0e731);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.98 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.19 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.55 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.13 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.27 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.53 #183cce Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#e7c331  rgb(231, 195, 49)  hsl(48, 79%, 55%)  Jonquil
#3155e7  rgb(49, 85, 231)  hsl(228, 79%, 55%)  Iris
#31e7c3  rgb(49, 231, 195)  hsl(168, 79%, 55%)  Turquoise
#c331e7  rgb(195, 49, 231)  hsl(288, 79%, 55%)  Electric Purple