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#DCC00A

#dcc00a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcc00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 75.29% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.73% magenta, 95.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 52°, with 91.3% saturation and 45.1% 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 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.23.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5294

Complementary

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #0a26dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #0a8fdc
  3. #570adc

Analogous

  1. #dc570a
  2. #dcc00a
  3. #8fdc0a

Triadic

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #0adcc0
  3. #c00adc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #26dc0a
  3. #0a26dc
  4. #c00adc

Square

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #0adc57
  3. #0a26dc
  4. #dc0a8f

Monochromatic

  1. #4a4003
  2. #938007
  3. #dcc00a
  4. #f6dd3c
  5. #f9ea86

Shades

#dcc00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #c6ad09
  3. #b09a08
  4. #9a8607
  5. #847306
  6. #6e6005
  7. #584d04
  8. #423a03
  9. #2c2602
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #e0c623
  3. #e3cd3b
  4. #e7d354
  5. #ead96c
  6. #eee085
  7. #f1e69d
  8. #f5ecb6
  9. #f8f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc00a
  2. #d3ba16
  3. #cab322
  4. #c0ad2d
  5. #b7a639
  6. #aea045
  7. #a59a51
  8. #9c935d
  9. #928d68
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccc099 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc423 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc31c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc00a {
  color: #dcc00a;
}
Background
.bg-dcc00a {
  background-color: #dcc00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc00a {
  border: 2px solid #dcc00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc00a, #8fdc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.23 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.75 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.36 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.53 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.65 #233ff5 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcc00a  rgb(220, 192, 10)  hsl(52, 91%, 45%)  Citrine
#0a26dc  rgb(10, 38, 220)  hsl(232, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adcc0  rgb(10, 220, 192)  hsl(172, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c00adc  rgb(192, 10, 220)  hsl(292, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple