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#CDC20D

#cdc20d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdc20d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 76.08% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.37% magenta, 93.66% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 56.56°, with 88.07% saturation and 42.75% 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 11.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5159

Complementary

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #0d18cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #0d78cd
  3. #620dcd

Analogous

  1. #cd620d
  2. #cdc20d
  3. #78cd0d

Triadic

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #0dcdc2
  3. #c20dcd

Tetradic

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #18cd0d
  3. #0d18cd
  4. #c20dcd

Square

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #0dcd62
  3. #0d18cd
  4. #cd0d78

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3a04
  2. #857e08
  3. #cdc20d
  4. #f2e734
  5. #f7f07c

Shades

#cdc20d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #b9af0c
  3. #a49b0a
  4. #908809
  5. #7b7408
  6. #676107
  7. #524e05
  8. #3e3a04
  9. #292703
  10. #151301
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdc20d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #d2c825
  3. #d7ce3d
  4. #dcd456
  5. #e1da6e
  6. #e6e186
  7. #ebe79e
  8. #f0edb6
  9. #f5f3cf
  10. #faf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdc20d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdc20d
  2. #c5bb19
  3. #beb524
  4. #b6ae30
  5. #aea83b
  6. #a7a147
  7. #9f9a52
  8. #97945e
  9. #8f8d69
  10. #888775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c127 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddb4a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1be00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4c11f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7ba83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdc20d {
  color: #cdc20d;
}
Background
.bg-cdc20d {
  background-color: #cdc20d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdc20d {
  border: 2px solid #cdc20d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdc20d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 194 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 88% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdc20d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdc20d, #78cd0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdc20d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 194 13 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.51 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.02 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.60 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.40 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.52 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.64 #323df2 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Citrine
#cdc20d  rgb(205, 194, 13)  hsl(57, 88%, 43%)  Citrine
#0d18cd  rgb(13, 24, 205)  hsl(237, 88%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#0dcdc2  rgb(13, 205, 194)  hsl(177, 88%, 43%)  Medium Turquoise
#c20dcd  rgb(194, 13, 205)  hsl(297, 88%, 43%)  Electric Purple