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#CCC41B

#ccc41b ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccc41b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 76.86% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 86.76% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 57.29°, with 76.62% saturation and 45.29% 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 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.76.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.524

Complementary

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #1b23cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #1b7bcc
  3. #6b1bcc

Analogous

  1. #cc6b1b
  2. #ccc41b
  3. #7bcc1b

Triadic

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #1bccc4
  3. #c41bcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #23cc1b
  3. #1b23cc
  4. #c41bcc

Square

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #1bcc6b
  3. #1b23cc
  4. #cc1b7b

Monochromatic

  1. #454209
  2. #888312
  3. #ccc41b
  4. #e7e04c
  5. #f0ec90

Shades

#ccc41b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #b8b018
  3. #a39d16
  4. #8f8913
  5. #7a7610
  6. #66620e
  7. #524e0b
  8. #3d3b08
  9. #292705
  10. #141403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc41b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #d1ca32
  3. #d6d049
  4. #dbd65f
  5. #e0dc76
  6. #e6e28d
  7. #ebe7a4
  8. #f0edbb
  9. #f5f3d1
  10. #faf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc41b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc41b
  2. #c4bd25
  3. #bdb62f
  4. #b5b039
  5. #aea943
  6. #a6a24e
  7. #9e9b58
  8. #979462
  9. #8f8e6c
  10. #888776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c199 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c22e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb6a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2bf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4c327 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6bc86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc41b {
  color: #ccc41b;
}
Background
.bg-ccc41b {
  background-color: #ccc41b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc41b {
  border: 2px solid #ccc41b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc41b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 196 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc41b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc41b, #7bcc1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc41b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 196 27 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.50 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.39 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.91 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.23 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.37 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.55 #333be4 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc41b  rgb(204, 196, 27)  hsl(57, 77%, 45%)  Citrine
#1b23cc  rgb(27, 35, 204)  hsl(237, 77%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#1bccc4  rgb(27, 204, 196)  hsl(177, 77%, 45%)  Medium Turquoise
#c41bcc  rgb(196, 27, 204)  hsl(297, 77%, 45%)  Electric Purple