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#CCC708

#ccc708 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ccc708 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 78.04% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.45% magenta, 96.08% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 58.47°, 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 11.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.537

Complementary

  1. #ccc708
  2. #080dcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc708
  2. #086fcc
  3. #6508cc

Analogous

  1. #cc6508
  2. #ccc708
  3. #6fcc08

Triadic

  1. #ccc708
  2. #08ccc7
  3. #c708cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc708
  2. #0dcc08
  3. #080dcc
  4. #c708cc

Square

  1. #ccc708
  2. #08cc65
  3. #080dcc
  4. #cc086f

Monochromatic

  1. #393702
  2. #827f05
  3. #ccc708
  4. #f7f12a
  5. #faf673

Shades

#ccc708 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc708
  2. #b8b307
  3. #a39f06
  4. #8f8b06
  5. #7a7705
  6. #666404
  7. #525003
  8. #3d3c02
  9. #292802
  10. #141401
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc708 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc708
  2. #d1cd21
  3. #d6d239
  4. #dbd852
  5. #e0dd6b
  6. #e6e384
  7. #ebe99c
  8. #f0eeb5
  9. #f5f4ce
  10. #faf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc708 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc708
  2. #c4c014
  3. #bdb920
  4. #b5b22c
  5. #aeab38
  6. #a6a444
  7. #9e9c50
  8. #97955c
  9. #8f8e68
  10. #888774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c49a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc426 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb9a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6c51e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6bf86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc708 {
  color: #ccc708;
}
Background
.bg-ccc708 {
  background-color: #ccc708;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc708 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc708;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc708;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 199 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc708 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc708, #6fcc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc708 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 199 8 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.63 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.92 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.62 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 7.63 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.15 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 9.21 #3338f7 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc708  rgb(204, 199, 8)  hsl(58, 92%, 42%)  Citrine
#080dcc  rgb(8, 13, 204)  hsl(238, 92%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#08ccc7  rgb(8, 204, 199)  hsl(178, 92%, 42%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c708cc  rgb(199, 8, 204)  hsl(298, 92%, 42%)  Electric Purple