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#D3CA16

#d3ca16 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d3ca16 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 82.75% red, 79.22% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.27% magenta, 89.57% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 57.14°, with 81.12% saturation and 45.69% 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 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5615

Complementary

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #161fd3

Split complementary

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #167ed3
  3. #6b16d3

Analogous

  1. #d36b16
  2. #d3ca16
  3. #7ed316

Triadic

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #16d3ca
  3. #ca16d3

Tetradic

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #1fd316
  3. #161fd3
  4. #ca16d3

Square

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #16d36b
  3. #161fd3
  4. #d3167e

Monochromatic

  1. #484508
  2. #8e880f
  3. #d3ca16
  4. #ece449
  5. #f3ef8f

Shades

#d3ca16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #beb614
  3. #a9a212
  4. #948d0f
  5. #7f790d
  6. #6a650b
  7. #545109
  8. #3f3d07
  9. #2a2804
  10. #151402
  11. #000000

Tints

#d3ca16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #d7cf2d
  3. #dcd545
  4. #e0da5c
  5. #e5df73
  6. #e9e58b
  7. #edeaa2
  8. #f2efb9
  9. #f6f4d0
  10. #fbfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d3ca16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d3ca16
  2. #cbc321
  3. #c2bb2b
  4. #bab436
  5. #b2ac40
  6. #aaa54b
  7. #a19e56
  8. #999660
  9. #918f6b
  10. #888775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbc79e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c82c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3bbac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9c500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc925 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddc189 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d3ca16 {
  color: #d3ca16;
}
Background
.bg-d3ca16 {
  background-color: #d3ca16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d3ca16 {
  border: 2px solid #d3ca16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d3ca16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 211 202 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 81% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d3ca16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3ca16, #7ed316);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d3ca16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(211 202 22 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.39 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.79 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.73 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.39 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.45 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 7.92 #2c35e9 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#d3ca16  rgb(211, 202, 22)  hsl(57, 81%, 46%)  Citrine
#161fd3  rgb(22, 31, 211)  hsl(237, 81%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#16d3ca  rgb(22, 211, 202)  hsl(177, 81%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca16d3  rgb(202, 22, 211)  hsl(297, 81%, 46%)  Electric Purple