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#CCC508

#ccc508 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccc508 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 96.08% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 57.86°, with 92.45% saturation and 41.57% 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 11.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.58.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5279

Complementary

  1. #ccc508
  2. #080fcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc508
  2. #0871cc
  3. #6308cc

Analogous

  1. #cc6308
  2. #ccc508
  3. #71cc08

Triadic

  1. #ccc508
  2. #08ccc5
  3. #c508cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc508
  2. #0fcc08
  3. #080fcc
  4. #c508cc

Square

  1. #ccc508
  2. #08cc63
  3. #080fcc
  4. #cc0871

Monochromatic

  1. #393702
  2. #827e05
  3. #ccc508
  4. #f7ef2a
  5. #faf573

Shades

#ccc508 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc508
  2. #b8b107
  3. #a39e06
  4. #8f8a06
  5. #7a7605
  6. #666304
  7. #524f03
  8. #3d3b02
  9. #292702
  10. #141401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc508 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc508
  2. #d1cb21
  3. #d6d139
  4. #dbd652
  5. #e0dc6b
  6. #e6e284
  7. #ebe89c
  8. #f0eeb5
  9. #f5f3ce
  10. #faf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc508 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc508
  2. #c4be14
  3. #bdb720
  4. #b5b02c
  5. #aea938
  6. #a6a344
  7. #9e9c50
  8. #97955c
  9. #8f8e68
  10. #888774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.56:1 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 #dac326 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb7a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c41d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6bd85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc508 {
  color: #ccc508;
}
Background
.bg-ccc508 {
  background-color: #ccc508;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc508 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc508;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc508;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 197 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc508 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc508, #71cc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc508 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 197 8 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.58 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.05 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.19 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.00 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.01 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.28 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 9.09 #333af7 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc508  rgb(204, 197, 8)  hsl(58, 92%, 42%)  Citrine
#080fcc  rgb(8, 15, 204)  hsl(238, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#08ccc5  rgb(8, 204, 197)  hsl(178, 92%, 42%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c508cc  rgb(197, 8, 204)  hsl(298, 92%, 42%)  Electric Purple