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#CBC73B

#cbc73b ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cbc73b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 78.04% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.97% magenta, 70.94% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 58.33°, with 58.06% saturation and 51.37% 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 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 6.04.

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Relative luminance0.5386

Complementary

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #3b3fcb

Split complementary

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #3b87cb
  3. #7f3bcb

Analogous

  1. #cb7f3b
  2. #cbc73b
  3. #87cb3b

Triadic

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #3bcbc7
  3. #c73bcb

Tetradic

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #3fcb3b
  3. #3b3fcb
  4. #c73bcb

Square

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #3bcb7f
  3. #3b3fcb
  4. #cb3b87

Monochromatic

  1. #565417
  2. #939027
  3. #cbc73b
  4. #dbd877
  5. #ebeab4

Shades

#cbc73b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #b7b335
  3. #a29f2f
  4. #8e8b29
  5. #7a7723
  6. #66641e
  7. #515018
  8. #3d3c12
  9. #29280c
  10. #141406
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbc73b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #d0cd4f
  3. #d5d262
  4. #dbd876
  5. #e0dd89
  6. #e5e39d
  7. #eae9b1
  8. #efeec4
  9. #f5f4d8
  10. #faf9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbc73b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbc73b
  2. #c4c042
  3. #bcb949
  4. #b5b250
  5. #adab57
  6. #a6a45e
  7. #9e9c64
  8. #97956b
  9. #8f8e72
  10. #888779
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c49e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf22 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dabaac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c22e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4c541 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4bf8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbc73b {
  color: #cbc73b;
}
Background
.bg-cbc73b {
  background-color: #cbc73b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbc73b {
  border: 2px solid #cbc73b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbc73b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 199 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 58% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbc73b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbc73b, #87cb3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbc73b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 199 59 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.04 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.04 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.31 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.86 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.48 #3438c4 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Citrine
#cbc73b  rgb(203, 199, 59)  hsl(58, 58%, 51%)  Citrine
#3b3fcb  rgb(59, 63, 203)  hsl(238, 58%, 51%)  Ocean Blue
#3bcbc7  rgb(59, 203, 199)  hsl(178, 58%, 51%)  Medium Turquoise
#c73bcb  rgb(199, 59, 203)  hsl(298, 58%, 51%)  Medium Orchid