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#CCC500

#ccc500 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccc500 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 77.25% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 100% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 57.94°, with 100% saturation and 40% 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 11.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.54.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5277

Complementary

  1. #ccc500
  2. #0007cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc500
  2. #006dcc
  3. #5f00cc

Analogous

  1. #cc5f00
  2. #ccc500
  3. #6dcc00

Triadic

  1. #ccc500
  2. #00ccc5
  3. #c500cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc500
  2. #07cc00
  3. #0007cc
  4. #c500cc

Square

  1. #ccc500
  2. #00cc5f
  3. #0007cc
  4. #cc006d

Monochromatic

  1. #333100
  2. #807b00
  3. #ccc500
  4. #fff71a
  5. #fffa66

Shades

#ccc500 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc500
  2. #b8b100
  3. #a39e00
  4. #8f8a00
  5. #7a7600
  6. #666300
  7. #524f00
  8. #3d3b00
  9. #292700
  10. #141400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc500 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc500
  2. #d1cb1a
  3. #d6d133
  4. #dbd64d
  5. #e0dc66
  6. #e6e280
  7. #ebe899
  8. #f0eeb3
  9. #f5f3cc
  10. #faf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc500 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc500
  2. #c4be0d
  3. #bdb71a
  4. #b5b026
  5. #aea933
  6. #a6a340
  7. #9e9c4d
  8. #97955a
  9. #8f8e66
  10. #888773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5c299 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac323 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c41a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6bd85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc500 {
  color: #ccc500;
}
Background
.bg-ccc500 {
  background-color: #ccc500;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc500 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc500;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc500;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 197 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc500 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc500, #6dcc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc500 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 197 0 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.14 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.18 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 7.97 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.03 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.41 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.07 #333aff Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc500  rgb(204, 197, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 40%)  Citrine
#0007cc  rgb(0, 7, 204)  hsl(238, 100%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#00ccc5  rgb(0, 204, 197)  hsl(178, 100%, 40%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c500cc  rgb(197, 0, 204)  hsl(298, 100%, 40%)  Electric Purple