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#CCC009

#ccc009 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccc009 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 75.29% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 95.59% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 56.31°, with 91.55% saturation and 41.76% 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 11.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.81.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5056

Complementary

  1. #ccc009
  2. #0915cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc009
  2. #0976cc
  3. #5e09cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5e09
  2. #ccc009
  3. #76cc09

Triadic

  1. #ccc009
  2. #09ccc0
  3. #c009cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc009
  2. #15cc09
  3. #0915cc
  4. #c009cc

Square

  1. #ccc009
  2. #09cc5e
  3. #0915cc
  4. #cc0976

Monochromatic

  1. #393603
  2. #837b06
  3. #ccc009
  4. #f6e92c
  5. #f9f175

Shades

#ccc009 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc009
  2. #b8ad08
  3. #a39a07
  4. #8f8606
  5. #7a7305
  6. #666005
  7. #524d04
  8. #3d3a03
  9. #292602
  10. #141301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc009 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc009
  2. #d1c622
  3. #d6cd3a
  4. #dbd353
  5. #e0d96b
  6. #e6e084
  7. #ebe69d
  8. #f0ecb5
  9. #f5f2ce
  10. #faf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc009 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc009
  2. #c4ba15
  3. #bdb321
  4. #b5ad2d
  5. #aea639
  6. #a6a045
  7. #9e9a50
  8. #97935c
  9. #8f8d68
  10. #888674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3be96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6bf25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb2a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2c01d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b882 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc009 {
  color: #ccc009;
}
Background
.bg-ccc009 {
  background-color: #ccc009;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc009 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc009;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc009;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 192 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc009 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc009, #76cc09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc009 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 192 9 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.66 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 8.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.28 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.60 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.76 #333ff6 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc009  rgb(204, 192, 9)  hsl(56, 92%, 42%)  Citrine
#0915cc  rgb(9, 21, 204)  hsl(236, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#09ccc0  rgb(9, 204, 192)  hsl(176, 92%, 42%)  Medium Turquoise
#c009cc  rgb(192, 9, 204)  hsl(296, 92%, 42%)  Dark Orchid