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#DCBF01

#dcbf01 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcbf01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 74.9% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.18% magenta, 99.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 52.05°, with 99.1% saturation and 43.33% 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 11.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.52.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5248

Complementary

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #011edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #018cdc
  3. #5101dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5101
  2. #dcbf01
  3. #8cdc01

Triadic

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #01dcbf
  3. #bf01dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #1edc01
  3. #011edc
  4. #bf01dc

Square

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #01dc51
  3. #011edc
  4. #dc018c

Monochromatic

  1. #443b00
  2. #907d01
  3. #dcbf01
  4. #fee22b
  5. #feed78

Shades

#dcbf01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #c6ac01
  3. #b09901
  4. #9a8601
  5. #847301
  6. #6e6001
  7. #584c00
  8. #423900
  9. #2c2600
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcbf01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #e0c51a
  3. #e3cc34
  4. #e7d24d
  5. #ead967
  6. #eedf80
  7. #f1e599
  8. #f5ecb3
  9. #f8f2cc
  10. #fcf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcbf01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcbf01
  2. #d3b90e
  3. #cab21a
  4. #c0ac27
  5. #b7a634
  6. #aea041
  7. #a5994d
  8. #9c935a
  9. #928d67
  10. #898673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbf98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc420 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeafa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc217 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b681 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcbf01 {
  color: #dcbf01;
}
Background
.bg-dcbf01 {
  background-color: #dcbf01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcbf01 {
  border: 2px solid #dcbf01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcbf01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 191 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 99% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcbf01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcbf01, #8cdc01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcbf01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 191 1 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.52 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.55 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.76 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.73 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.21 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.48 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.54 #2340fe Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcbf01  rgb(220, 191, 1)  hsl(52, 99%, 43%)  Citrine
#011edc  rgb(1, 30, 220)  hsl(232, 99%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#01dcbf  rgb(1, 220, 191)  hsl(172, 99%, 43%)  Turquoise
#bf01dc  rgb(191, 1, 220)  hsl(292, 99%, 43%)  Electric Purple