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#DAC00A

#dac00a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dac00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.93% magenta, 95.41% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 91.23% saturation and 44.71% 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 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5263

Complementary

  1. #dac00a
  2. #0a24da

Split complementary

  1. #dac00a
  2. #0a8cda
  3. #580ada

Analogous

  1. #da580a
  2. #dac00a
  3. #8cda0a

Triadic

  1. #dac00a
  2. #0adac0
  3. #c00ada

Tetradic

  1. #dac00a
  2. #24da0a
  3. #0a24da
  4. #c00ada

Square

  1. #dac00a
  2. #0ada58
  3. #0a24da
  4. #da0a8c

Monochromatic

  1. #483f03
  2. #918007
  3. #dac00a
  4. #f6df3b
  5. #f9eb84

Shades

#dac00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dac00a
  2. #c4ad09
  3. #ae9a08
  4. #998607
  5. #837306
  6. #6d6005
  7. #574d04
  8. #413a03
  9. #2c2602
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dac00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dac00a
  2. #dec623
  3. #e1cd3b
  4. #e5d354
  5. #e9d96c
  6. #ede085
  7. #f0e69d
  8. #f4ecb6
  9. #f8f2ce
  10. #fbf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dac00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dac00a
  2. #d1ba16
  3. #c8b322
  4. #bfad2d
  5. #b6a639
  6. #ada045
  7. #a49a51
  8. #9b935d
  9. #928d68
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbc099 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc424 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecb0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc21c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dac00a {
  color: #dac00a;
}
Background
.bg-dac00a {
  background-color: #dac00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dac00a {
  border: 2px solid #dac00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dac00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dac00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dac00a, #8cda0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dac00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.09 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.69 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.05 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.55 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.90 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 7.02 #253ff5 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dac00a  rgb(218, 192, 10)  hsl(53, 91%, 45%)  Citrine
#0a24da  rgb(10, 36, 218)  hsl(233, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adac0  rgb(10, 218, 192)  hsl(173, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c00ada  rgb(192, 10, 218)  hsl(293, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple