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#C4C00A

#c4c00a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.04% magenta, 94.9% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 58.71°, with 90.29% saturation and 40.39% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 6.18.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.4946

Complementary

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #0a0ec4

Split complementary

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #0a6bc4
  3. #630ac4

Analogous

  1. #c4630a
  2. #c4c00a
  3. #6bc40a

Triadic

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #0ac4c0
  3. #c00ac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #0ec40a
  3. #0a0ec4
  4. #c00ac4

Square

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #0ac463
  3. #0a0ec4
  4. #c40a6b

Monochromatic

  1. #323103
  2. #7b7906
  3. #c4c00a
  4. #f4f027
  5. #f8f56f

Shades

#c4c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #b0ad09
  3. #9d9a08
  4. #898607
  5. #767306
  6. #626005
  7. #4e4d04
  8. #3b3a03
  9. #272602
  10. #141301
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #cac623
  3. #d0cd3b
  4. #d6d354
  5. #dcd96c
  6. #e2e085
  7. #e7e69d
  8. #edecb6
  9. #f3f2ce
  10. #f9f9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4c00a
  2. #bdba16
  3. #b6b322
  4. #b0ad2d
  5. #a9a639
  6. #a2a045
  7. #9b9a51
  8. #94935d
  9. #8e8d68
  10. #878674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebd94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd26 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3b2a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccbb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cebe1e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdb882 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4c00a {
  color: #c4c00a;
}
Background
.bg-c4c00a {
  background-color: #c4c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4c00a {
  border: 2px solid #c4c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4c00a, #6bc40a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.90 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.62 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.67 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 8.77 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.23 #3b3ff5 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Citrine
#c4c00a  rgb(196, 192, 10)  hsl(59, 90%, 40%)  Citrine
#0a0ec4  rgb(10, 14, 196)  hsl(239, 90%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ac4c0  rgb(10, 196, 192)  hsl(179, 90%, 40%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c00ac4  rgb(192, 10, 196)  hsl(299, 90%, 40%)  Dark Orchid