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#CEC41E

#cec41e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cec41e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 76.86% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.85% magenta, 85.44% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 56.59°, with 74.58% saturation and 46.27% 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 11.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.527

Complementary

  1. #cec41e
  2. #1e28ce

Split complementary

  1. #cec41e
  2. #1e80ce
  3. #6c1ece

Analogous

  1. #ce6c1e
  2. #cec41e
  3. #80ce1e

Triadic

  1. #cec41e
  2. #1ecec4
  3. #c41ece

Tetradic

  1. #cec41e
  2. #28ce1e
  3. #1e28ce
  4. #c41ece

Square

  1. #cec41e
  2. #1ece6c
  3. #1e28ce
  4. #ce1e80

Monochromatic

  1. #48450b
  2. #8b8414
  3. #cec41e
  4. #e6de53
  5. #f0ea95

Shades

#cec41e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cec41e
  2. #b9b01b
  3. #a59d18
  4. #908915
  5. #7c7612
  6. #67620f
  7. #524e0c
  8. #3e3b09
  9. #292706
  10. #151403
  11. #000000

Tints

#cec41e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cec41e
  2. #d3ca35
  3. #d8d04b
  4. #ddd662
  5. #e2dc78
  6. #e7e28f
  7. #ebe7a5
  8. #f0edbc
  9. #f5f3d2
  10. #faf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cec41e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cec41e
  2. #c6bd28
  3. #beb632
  4. #b7b03b
  5. #afa945
  6. #a7a24f
  7. #9f9b59
  8. #979463
  9. #908e6c
  10. #888776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6c29a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #deb6a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3c000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5c329 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8bc86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cec41e {
  color: #cec41e;
}
Background
.bg-cec41e {
  background-color: #cec41e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cec41e {
  border: 2px solid #cec41e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cec41e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 196 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 75% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cec41e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cec41e, #80ce1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cec41e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 196 30 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.44 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.16 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 7.23 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.74 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 8.32 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.37 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.49 #313be1 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#cec41e  rgb(206, 196, 30)  hsl(57, 75%, 46%)  Citrine
#1e28ce  rgb(30, 40, 206)  hsl(237, 75%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#1ecec4  rgb(30, 206, 196)  hsl(177, 75%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#c41ece  rgb(196, 30, 206)  hsl(297, 75%, 46%)  Electric Purple