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#D3CE09

#d3ce09 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d3ce09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 82.75% red, 80.78% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.37% magenta, 95.73% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 58.51°, 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 12.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.74.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5801

Complementary

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #090ed3

Split complementary

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #0973d3
  3. #6909d3

Analogous

  1. #d36909
  2. #d3ce09
  3. #73d309

Triadic

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #09d3ce
  3. #ce09d3

Tetradic

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #0ed309
  3. #090ed3
  4. #ce09d3

Square

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #09d369
  3. #090ed3
  4. #d30973

Monochromatic

  1. #403f03
  2. #8a8606
  3. #d3ce09
  4. #f6f132
  5. #f9f67c

Shades

#d3ce09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #beb908
  3. #a9a507
  4. #949006
  5. #7f7c05
  6. #6a6705
  7. #545204
  8. #3f3e03
  9. #2a2902
  10. #151501
  11. #000000

Tints

#d3ce09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #d7d322
  3. #dcd83a
  4. #e0dd53
  5. #e5e26b
  6. #e9e784
  7. #edeb9d
  8. #f2f0b5
  9. #f6f5ce
  10. #fbfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d3ce09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d3ce09
  2. #cbc615
  3. #c2be21
  4. #bab72d
  5. #b2af39
  6. #aaa745
  7. #a19f50
  8. #99975c
  9. #919068
  10. #888874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdcba0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0c500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3cb28 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e3bfaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddcc1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddc58b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d3ce09 {
  color: #d3ce09;
}
Background
.bg-d3ce09 {
  background-color: #d3ce09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d3ce09 {
  border: 2px solid #d3ce09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d3ce09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 211 206 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 92% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d3ce09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3ce09, #73d309);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d3ce09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(211 206 9 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.74 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.31 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.88 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.27 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.62 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 7.94 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 8.17 #2c31f6 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Citrine
#d3ce09  rgb(211, 206, 9)  hsl(59, 92%, 43%)  Citrine
#090ed3  rgb(9, 14, 211)  hsl(239, 92%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#09d3ce  rgb(9, 211, 206)  hsl(179, 92%, 43%)  Medium Turquoise
#ce09d3  rgb(206, 9, 211)  hsl(299, 92%, 43%)  Electric Purple