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#DAD121

#dad121 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dad121 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 81.96% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.13% magenta, 84.86% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 57.08°, with 73.71% saturation and 49.22% 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 13.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.6062

Complementary

  1. #dad121
  2. #212ada

Split complementary

  1. #dad121
  2. #2187da
  3. #7521da

Analogous

  1. #da7521
  2. #dad121
  3. #87da21

Triadic

  1. #dad121
  2. #21dad1
  3. #d121da

Tetradic

  1. #dad121
  2. #2ada21
  3. #212ada
  4. #d121da

Square

  1. #dad121
  2. #21da75
  3. #212ada
  4. #da2187

Monochromatic

  1. #55520d
  2. #989117
  3. #dad121
  4. #e7e061
  5. #f1eda3

Shades

#dad121 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dad121
  2. #c4bc1e
  3. #aea71a
  4. #999217
  5. #837d14
  6. #6d6911
  7. #57540d
  8. #413f0a
  9. #2c2a07
  10. #161503
  11. #000000

Tints

#dad121 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dad121
  2. #ded637
  3. #e1da4d
  4. #e5df64
  5. #e9e37a
  6. #ede890
  7. #f0eda6
  8. #f4f1bc
  9. #f8f6d3
  10. #fbfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dad121 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dad121
  2. #d1c92b
  3. #c8c134
  4. #bfb93e
  5. #b6b147
  6. #ada951
  7. #a4a05a
  8. #9b9864
  9. #92906d
  10. #898877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2cea4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7cf34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebc2b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0cc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e2d02d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4c88f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dad121 {
  color: #dad121;
}
Background
.bg-dad121 {
  background-color: #dad121;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dad121 {
  border: 2px solid #dad121;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dad121;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 209 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dad121 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dad121, #87da21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dad121 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 209 33 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.83 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.17 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.14 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.43 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.69 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.73 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 7.07 #252ede Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#dad121  rgb(218, 209, 33)  hsl(57, 74%, 49%)  Citrine
#212ada  rgb(33, 42, 218)  hsl(237, 74%, 49%)  Blue
#21dad1  rgb(33, 218, 209)  hsl(177, 74%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d121da  rgb(209, 33, 218)  hsl(297, 74%, 49%)  Medium Orchid