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#CCC844

#ccc844 ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccc844 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 78.43% green and 26.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 58.24°, with 57.14% saturation and 53.33% 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 11.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 5.7.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5456

Complementary

  1. #ccc844
  2. #4448cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc844
  2. #448ccc
  3. #8444cc

Analogous

  1. #cc8444
  2. #ccc844
  3. #8ccc44

Triadic

  1. #ccc844
  2. #44ccc8
  3. #c844cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc844
  2. #48cc44
  3. #4448cc
  4. #c844cc

Square

  1. #ccc844
  2. #44cc84
  3. #4448cc
  4. #cc448c

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5b19
  2. #9a962a
  3. #ccc844
  4. #dcda80
  5. #edebbc

Shades

#ccc844 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc844
  2. #b8b43d
  3. #a3a036
  4. #8f8c30
  5. #7a7829
  6. #666422
  7. #52501b
  8. #3d3c14
  9. #29280e
  10. #141407
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc844 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc844
  2. #d1ce57
  3. #d6d369
  4. #dbd97c
  5. #e0de8f
  6. #e6e4a2
  7. #ebe9b4
  8. #f0efc7
  9. #f5f4da
  10. #fafaec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc844 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc844
  2. #c4c14a
  3. #bdba50
  4. #b5b256
  5. #aeab5c
  6. #a6a462
  7. #9e9d68
  8. #97966e
  9. #8f8e74
  10. #88877a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c5a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8c031 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc54d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dabbad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c339 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c649 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5c18f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc844 {
  color: #ccc844;
}
Background
.bg-ccc844 {
  background-color: #ccc844;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc844 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc844;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc844;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 200 68;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc844 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc844, #8ccc44);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc844 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 200 68 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.70 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.12 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.59 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.80 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.14 #3337bb Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Straw
#ccc844  rgb(204, 200, 68)  hsl(58, 57%, 53%)  Straw
#4448cc  rgb(68, 72, 204)  hsl(238, 57%, 53%)  Iris
#44ccc8  rgb(68, 204, 200)  hsl(178, 57%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#c844cc  rgb(200, 68, 204)  hsl(298, 57%, 53%)  Medium Orchid