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#DAD308

#dad308 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dad308 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 82.75% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.21% magenta, 96.33% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 58°, with 92.92% saturation and 44.31% 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 13.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.6151

Complementary

  1. #dad308
  2. #080fda

Split complementary

  1. #dad308
  2. #0878da
  3. #6a08da

Analogous

  1. #da6a08
  2. #dad308
  3. #78da08

Triadic

  1. #dad308
  2. #08dad3
  3. #d308da

Tetradic

  1. #dad308
  2. #0fda08
  3. #080fda
  4. #d308da

Square

  1. #dad308
  2. #08da6a
  3. #080fda
  4. #da0878

Monochromatic

  1. #464403
  2. #908c05
  3. #dad308
  4. #f8f137
  5. #faf681

Shades

#dad308 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dad308
  2. #c4be07
  3. #aea906
  4. #999406
  5. #837f05
  6. #6d6a04
  7. #575403
  8. #413f02
  9. #2c2a02
  10. #161501
  11. #000000

Tints

#dad308 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dad308
  2. #ded721
  3. #e1dc39
  4. #e5e052
  5. #e9e56b
  6. #ede984
  7. #f0ed9c
  8. #f4f2b5
  9. #f8f6ce
  10. #fbfbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dad308 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dad308
  2. #d1cb14
  3. #c8c220
  4. #bfba2c
  5. #b6b238
  6. #adaa44
  7. #a4a150
  8. #9b995c
  9. #929168
  10. #898874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3d0a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d129 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebc4b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1ce00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d220 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4ca8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dad308 {
  color: #dad308;
}
Background
.bg-dad308 {
  background-color: #dad308;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dad308 {
  border: 2px solid #dad308;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dad308;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 211 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 93% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dad308 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dad308, #78da08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dad308 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 211 8 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.07 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.98 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.51 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.07 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.77 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.79 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.98 #252cf7 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#dad308  rgb(218, 211, 8)  hsl(58, 93%, 44%)  Citrine
#080fda  rgb(8, 15, 218)  hsl(238, 93%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#08dad3  rgb(8, 218, 211)  hsl(178, 93%, 44%)  Medium Turquoise
#d308da  rgb(211, 8, 218)  hsl(298, 93%, 44%)  Electric Purple