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#D3CD0A

#d3cd0a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d3cd0a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.84% magenta, 95.26% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 58.21°, with 90.95% saturation and 43.33% 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 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.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5753

Complementary

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #0a10d3

Split complementary

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #0a74d3
  3. #680ad3

Analogous

  1. #d3680a
  2. #d3cd0a
  3. #74d30a

Triadic

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #0ad3cd
  3. #cd0ad3

Tetradic

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #10d30a
  3. #0a10d3
  4. #cd0ad3

Square

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #0ad368
  3. #0a10d3
  4. #d30a74

Monochromatic

  1. #413f03
  2. #8a8607
  3. #d3cd0a
  4. #f5f034
  5. #f9f57d

Shades

#d3cd0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #beb909
  3. #a9a408
  4. #949007
  5. #7f7b06
  6. #6a6705
  7. #545204
  8. #3f3e03
  9. #2a2902
  10. #151501
  11. #000000

Tints

#d3cd0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #d7d223
  3. #dcd73b
  4. #e0dc54
  5. #e5e16c
  6. #e9e685
  7. #edeb9d
  8. #f2f0b6
  9. #f6f5ce
  10. #fbfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d3cd0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d3cd0a
  2. #cbc516
  3. #c2be22
  4. #bab62d
  5. #b2ae39
  6. #aaa745
  7. #a19f51
  8. #99975d
  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 #dccb20 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddc48b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d3cd0a {
  color: #d3cd0a;
}
Background
.bg-d3cd0a {
  background-color: #d3cd0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d3cd0a {
  border: 2px solid #d3cd0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d3cd0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 211 205 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 91% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d3cd0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3cd0a, #74d30a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d3cd0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(211 205 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.41 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 6.06 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.56 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.62 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 7.92 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 8.13 #2c32f5 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Citrine
#d3cd0a  rgb(211, 205, 10)  hsl(58, 91%, 43%)  Citrine
#0a10d3  rgb(10, 16, 211)  hsl(238, 91%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#0ad3cd  rgb(10, 211, 205)  hsl(178, 91%, 43%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd0ad3  rgb(205, 10, 211)  hsl(298, 91%, 43%)  Electric Purple