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#D6C00A

#d6c00a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d6c00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 83.92% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.28% magenta, 95.33% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 53.53°, with 91.07% saturation and 43.92% 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 11.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5202

Complementary

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #0a20d6

Split complementary

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #0a86d6
  3. #5a0ad6

Analogous

  1. #d65a0a
  2. #d6c00a
  3. #86d60a

Triadic

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #0ad6c0
  3. #c00ad6

Tetradic

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #20d60a
  3. #0a20d6
  4. #c00ad6

Square

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #0ad65a
  3. #0a20d6
  4. #d60a86

Monochromatic

  1. #443d03
  2. #8d7e07
  3. #d6c00a
  4. #f6e137
  5. #f9ec80

Shades

#d6c00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #c1ad09
  3. #ab9a08
  4. #968607
  5. #807306
  6. #6b6005
  7. #564d04
  8. #403a03
  9. #2b2602
  10. #151301
  11. #000000

Tints

#d6c00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #dac623
  3. #decd3b
  4. #e2d354
  5. #e6d96c
  6. #ebe085
  7. #efe69d
  8. #f3ecb6
  9. #f7f2ce
  10. #fbf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d6c00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d6c00a
  2. #cdba16
  3. #c5b322
  4. #bcad2d
  5. #b4a639
  6. #aba045
  7. #a29a51
  8. #9a935d
  9. #918d68
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bf98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac324 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8b1a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8c21c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e1b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d6c00a {
  color: #d6c00a;
}
Background
.bg-d6c00a {
  background-color: #d6c00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d6c00a {
  border: 2px solid #d6c00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d6c00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 214 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 91% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d6c00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d6c00a, #86d60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d6c00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(214 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.99 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.73 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.03 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.33 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 7.68 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.70 #293ff5 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Citrine
#d6c00a  rgb(214, 192, 10)  hsl(54, 91%, 44%)  Citrine
#0a20d6  rgb(10, 32, 214)  hsl(234, 91%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#0ad6c0  rgb(10, 214, 192)  hsl(174, 91%, 44%)  Turquoise
#c00ad6  rgb(192, 10, 214)  hsl(294, 91%, 44%)  Electric Purple