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#CCC219

#ccc219 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccc219 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 76.08% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.9% magenta, 87.75% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 56.65°, with 78.17% saturation and 44.9% 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 11.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.8.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5149

Complementary

  1. #ccc219
  2. #1923cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc219
  2. #197ccc
  3. #6919cc

Analogous

  1. #cc6919
  2. #ccc219
  3. #7ccc19

Triadic

  1. #ccc219
  2. #19ccc2
  3. #c219cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc219
  2. #23cc19
  3. #1923cc
  4. #c219cc

Square

  1. #ccc219
  2. #19cc69
  3. #1923cc
  4. #cc197c

Monochromatic

  1. #444008
  2. #888111
  3. #ccc219
  4. #e9e049
  5. #f1eb8d

Shades

#ccc219 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc219
  2. #b8af17
  3. #a39b14
  4. #8f8812
  5. #7a740f
  6. #66610d
  7. #524e0a
  8. #3d3a08
  9. #292705
  10. #141303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc219 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc219
  2. #d1c830
  3. #d6ce47
  4. #dbd45e
  5. #e0da75
  6. #e6e18c
  7. #ebe7a3
  8. #f0edba
  9. #f5f3d1
  10. #faf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc219 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc219
  2. #c4bb23
  3. #bdb52e
  4. #b5ae38
  5. #aea842
  6. #a6a14d
  7. #9e9a57
  8. #979461
  9. #8f8d6b
  10. #888776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c098 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c12c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb4a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1be00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3c126 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6ba84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc219 {
  color: #ccc219;
}
Background
.bg-ccc219 {
  background-color: #ccc219;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc219 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc219;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc219;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 194 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc219 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc219, #7ccc19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc219 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 194 25 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.96 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.71 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.69 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.78 #333de6 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc219  rgb(204, 194, 25)  hsl(57, 78%, 45%)  Citrine
#1923cc  rgb(25, 35, 204)  hsl(237, 78%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#19ccc2  rgb(25, 204, 194)  hsl(177, 78%, 45%)  Medium Turquoise
#c219cc  rgb(194, 25, 204)  hsl(297, 78%, 45%)  Electric Purple