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#DBD21E

#dbd21e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbd21e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 82.35% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.11% magenta, 86.3% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 57.14°, with 75.9% saturation and 48.82% 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 13.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.75.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.6125

Complementary

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #1e27db

Split complementary

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #1e85db
  3. #731edb

Analogous

  1. #db731e
  2. #dbd21e
  3. #85db1e

Triadic

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #1edbd2
  3. #d21edb

Tetradic

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #27db1e
  3. #1e27db
  4. #d21edb

Square

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #1edb73
  3. #1e27db
  4. #db1e85

Monochromatic

  1. #54510c
  2. #989115
  3. #dbd21e
  4. #e9e25d
  5. #f2eea0

Shades

#dbd21e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #c5bd1b
  3. #afa818
  4. #999315
  5. #837e12
  6. #6e690f
  7. #58540c
  8. #423f09
  9. #2c2a06
  10. #161503
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbd21e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #dfd735
  3. #e2db4b
  4. #e6e062
  5. #e9e478
  6. #ede98f
  7. #f1eda5
  8. #f4f2bc
  9. #f8f6d2
  10. #fbfbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbd21e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbd21e
  2. #d2ca28
  3. #c9c232
  4. #c0b93b
  5. #b7b145
  6. #aea94f
  7. #a4a159
  8. #9b9963
  9. #92906c
  10. #898876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3cfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d032 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecc3b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d12b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5c990 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbd21e {
  color: #dbd21e;
}
Background
.bg-dbd21e {
  background-color: #dbd21e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbd21e {
  border: 2px solid #dbd21e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbd21e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 210 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 76% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbd21e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbd21e, #85db1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbd21e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 210 30 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.75 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.93 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.85 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.36 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.52 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 6.84 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.87 #242de1 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#dbd21e  rgb(219, 210, 30)  hsl(57, 76%, 49%)  Citrine
#1e27db  rgb(30, 39, 219)  hsl(237, 76%, 49%)  Blue
#1edbd2  rgb(30, 219, 210)  hsl(177, 76%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d21edb  rgb(210, 30, 219)  hsl(297, 76%, 49%)  Medium Orchid