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#EBC00A

#ebc00a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebc00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.3% magenta, 95.74% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 48.53°, with 91.84% saturation and 48.04% 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 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.5538

Complementary

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #0a35eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #0aa6eb
  3. #4f0aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb4f0a
  2. #ebc00a
  3. #a6eb0a

Triadic

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #0aebc0
  3. #c00aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #35eb0a
  3. #0a35eb
  4. #c00aeb

Square

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #0aeb4f
  3. #0a35eb
  4. #eb0aa6

Monochromatic

  1. #584804
  2. #a28407
  3. #ebc00a
  4. #f7d64a
  5. #fae794

Shades

#ebc00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #d4ad09
  3. #bc9a08
  4. #a58607
  5. #8d7306
  6. #766005
  7. #5e4d04
  8. #473a03
  9. #2f2602
  10. #181301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebc00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #edc623
  3. #efcd3b
  4. #f1d354
  5. #f3d96c
  6. #f5e085
  7. #f7e69d
  8. #f9ecb6
  9. #fbf2ce
  10. #fdf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebc00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebc00a
  2. #e0ba16
  3. #d6b322
  4. #cbad2d
  5. #c0a639
  6. #b6a045
  7. #ab9a51
  8. #a0935d
  9. #958d68
  10. #8b8674
  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 #d5c39c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2c922 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffaea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dfbe00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e5c61b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7b682 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebc00a {
  color: #ebc00a;
}
Background
.bg-ebc00a {
  background-color: #ebc00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebc00a {
  border: 2px solid #ebc00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebc00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebc00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc00a, #a6eb0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebc00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.46 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 3.85 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.01 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.26 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.48 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.76 #143ff5 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#ebc00a  rgb(235, 192, 10)  hsl(49, 92%, 48%)  Jonquil
#0a35eb  rgb(10, 53, 235)  hsl(229, 92%, 48%)  Blue
#0aebc0  rgb(10, 235, 192)  hsl(169, 92%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#c00aeb  rgb(192, 10, 235)  hsl(289, 92%, 48%)  Electric Purple