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#DAD50D

#dad50d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dad50d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 83.53% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.29% magenta, 94.04% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, with 88.74% saturation and 45.29% 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 13.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6252

Complementary

  1. #dad50d
  2. #0d12da

Split complementary

  1. #dad50d
  2. #0d78da
  3. #6f0dda

Analogous

  1. #da6f0d
  2. #dad50d
  3. #78da0d

Triadic

  1. #dad50d
  2. #0ddad5
  3. #d50dda

Tetradic

  1. #dad50d
  2. #12da0d
  3. #0d12da
  4. #d50dda

Square

  1. #dad50d
  2. #0dda6f
  3. #0d12da
  4. #da0d78

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4804
  2. #928e09
  3. #dad50d
  4. #f4ef40
  5. #f8f588

Shades

#dad50d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dad50d
  2. #c4c00c
  3. #aeaa0a
  4. #999509
  5. #838008
  6. #6d6b07
  7. #575505
  8. #414004
  9. #2c2b03
  10. #161501
  11. #000000

Tints

#dad50d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dad50d
  2. #ded925
  3. #e1dd3d
  4. #e5e256
  5. #e9e66e
  6. #edea86
  7. #f0ee9e
  8. #f4f2b6
  9. #f8f7cf
  10. #fbfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dad50d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dad50d
  2. #d1cd19
  3. #c8c424
  4. #bfbc30
  5. #b6b33b
  6. #adab47
  7. #a4a252
  8. #9b9a5e
  9. #929169
  10. #898975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4d2a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd22b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebc6b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2d000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4d322 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4cc90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dad50d {
  color: #dad50d;
}
Background
.bg-dad50d {
  background-color: #dad50d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dad50d {
  border: 2px solid #dad50d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dad50d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 213 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 89% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dad50d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dad50d, #78da0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dad50d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 213 13 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.57 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.87 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.20 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.49 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.58 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.90 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.92 #252af2 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Citrine
#dad50d  rgb(218, 213, 13)  hsl(59, 89%, 45%)  Citrine
#0d12da  rgb(13, 18, 218)  hsl(239, 89%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#0ddad5  rgb(13, 218, 213)  hsl(179, 89%, 45%)  Medium Turquoise
#d50dda  rgb(213, 13, 218)  hsl(299, 89%, 45%)  Electric Purple