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#D9CA47

#d9ca47 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9ca47 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 79.22% green and 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.91% magenta, 67.28% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 53.84°, with 65.77% saturation and 56.47% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5745

Complementary

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #4756d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #479fd9
  3. #8147d9

Analogous

  1. #d98147
  2. #d9ca47
  3. #9fd947

Triadic

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #47d9ca
  3. #ca47d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #56d947
  3. #4756d9
  4. #ca47d9

Square

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #47d981
  3. #4756d9
  4. #d9479f

Monochromatic

  1. #706717
  2. #afa124
  3. #d9ca47
  4. #e6dc86
  5. #f3efc6

Shades

#d9ca47 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #c3b640
  3. #aea239
  4. #988d32
  5. #82792b
  6. #6d6524
  7. #57511c
  8. #413d15
  9. #2b280e
  10. #161407
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9ca47 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #ddcf59
  3. #e1d56c
  4. #e4da7e
  5. #e8df91
  6. #ece5a3
  7. #f0eab5
  8. #f4efc8
  9. #f7f4da
  10. #fbfaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9ca47 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9ca47
  2. #d0c34d
  3. #c7bb52
  4. #beb458
  5. #b5ac5e
  6. #ada564
  7. #a49e69
  8. #9b966f
  9. #928f75
  10. #89877a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc9a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc435 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0cb4f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9bcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc63d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deca4c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3c291 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9ca47 {
  color: #d9ca47;
}
Background
.bg-d9ca47 {
  background-color: #d9ca47;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9ca47 {
  border: 2px solid #d9ca47;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9ca47;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 202 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 66% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9ca47 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9ca47, #9fd947);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9ca47 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 202 71 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.51 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.81 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.35 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.37 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.11 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.24 #2635b8 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Citrine
#d9ca47  rgb(217, 202, 71)  hsl(54, 66%, 56%)  Citrine
#4756d9  rgb(71, 86, 217)  hsl(234, 66%, 56%)  Iris
#47d9ca  rgb(71, 217, 202)  hsl(174, 66%, 56%)  Turquoise
#ca47d9  rgb(202, 71, 217)  hsl(294, 66%, 56%)  Medium Orchid