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#D3CD09

#d3cd09 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d3cd09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 82.75% red, 80.39% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.84% magenta, 95.73% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 58.22°, with 91.82% saturation and 43.14% 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 12.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5753

Complementary

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #090fd3

Split complementary

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #0974d3
  3. #6809d3

Analogous

  1. #d36809
  2. #d3cd09
  3. #74d309

Triadic

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #09d3cd
  3. #cd09d3

Tetradic

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #0fd309
  3. #090fd3
  4. #cd09d3

Square

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #09d368
  3. #090fd3
  4. #d30974

Monochromatic

  1. #403e03
  2. #8a8606
  3. #d3cd09
  4. #f6f032
  5. #f9f67c

Shades

#d3cd09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #beb908
  3. #a9a407
  4. #949006
  5. #7f7b05
  6. #6a6705
  7. #545204
  8. #3f3e03
  9. #2a2902
  10. #151501
  11. #000000

Tints

#d3cd09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #d7d222
  3. #dcd73a
  4. #e0dc53
  5. #e5e16b
  6. #e9e684
  7. #edeb9d
  8. #f2f0b5
  9. #f6f5ce
  10. #fbfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d3cd09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d3cd09
  2. #cbc515
  3. #c2be21
  4. #bab62d
  5. #b2ae39
  6. #aaa745
  7. #a19f50
  8. #99975c
  9. #918f68
  10. #888874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccca9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ca28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3beaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dccb1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddc48b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d3cd09 {
  color: #d3cd09;
}
Background
.bg-d3cd09 {
  background-color: #d3cd09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d3cd09 {
  border: 2px solid #d3cd09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d3cd09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 211 205 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 92% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d3cd09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3cd09, #74d309);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d3cd09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(211 205 9 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.41 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.05 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.56 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.63 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 7.92 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 8.13 #2c32f6 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Citrine
#d3cd09  rgb(211, 205, 9)  hsl(58, 92%, 43%)  Citrine
#090fd3  rgb(9, 15, 211)  hsl(238, 92%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#09d3cd  rgb(9, 211, 205)  hsl(178, 92%, 43%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd09d3  rgb(205, 9, 211)  hsl(298, 92%, 43%)  Electric Purple