#ebc216

Color #ebc216

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 11.31 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-400 #fdc700 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ebc216

RGB

rgb(235, 194, 22)

HSL

hsl(48.5, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.5, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 90.6%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(79.79, 0.47, 78.69)

LCH

lch(79.79, 78.69, 89.66)

OKLCH

oklch(82.6%, 0.1657, 93.04)

HWB

hwb(48.5, 8.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#163feb

Analogous

#eb5816

#ebc216

#a9eb16

Triadic

#ebc216

#16ebc2

#c216eb

Split-complementary

#ebc216

#16a9eb

#5816eb

Tetradic

#ebc216

#3feb16

#163feb

#c216eb

Square

#ebc216

#16eb58

#163feb

#eb16a9

Shades

Color #ebc216 mixed toward black.

#c5a311

#9e820e

#76620a

#4f4107

#272103

Tints

Color #ebc216 mixed toward white.

#eecc3d

#f2d664

#f5e18b

#f8ebb1

#fcf5d8

Tones

Color #ebc216 mixed toward gray.

#d9b728

#c8ac3a

#b6a14b

#a4965d

#928b6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dada67 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#dde072 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#e9868c · ΔE 44

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ebc216;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebc216]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#ebc216 (#ebc216) is rgb(235, 194, 22) in RGB.

No, #ebc216 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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