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#DCC015

#dcc015 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcc015 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 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.73% magenta, 90.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 51.56°, with 82.57% saturation and 47.25% 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 4.31.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5297

Complementary

  1. #dcc015
  2. #1531dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc015
  2. #1594dc
  3. #5c15dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5c15
  2. #dcc015
  3. #94dc15

Triadic

  1. #dcc015
  2. #15dcc0
  3. #c015dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc015
  2. #31dc15
  3. #1531dc
  4. #c015dc

Square

  1. #dcc015
  2. #15dc5c
  3. #1531dc
  4. #dc1594

Monochromatic

  1. #504608
  2. #96830e
  3. #dcc015
  4. #eed84f
  5. #f5e795

Shades

#dcc015 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc015
  2. #c6ad13
  3. #b09a11
  4. #9a860f
  5. #84730d
  6. #6e600b
  7. #584d08
  8. #423a06
  9. #2c2604
  10. #161302
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc015 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc015
  2. #e0c62c
  3. #e3cd44
  4. #e7d35b
  5. #ead973
  6. #eee08a
  7. #f1e6a1
  8. #f5ecb9
  9. #f8f2d0
  10. #fcf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc015 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc015
  2. #d3ba20
  3. #cab32a
  4. #c0ad35
  5. #b7a640
  6. #aea04b
  7. #a59a55
  8. #9c9360
  9. #928d6b
  10. #898675
  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 #dcc528 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcc322 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc015 {
  color: #dcc015;
}
Background
.bg-dcc015 {
  background-color: #dcc015;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc015 {
  border: 2px solid #dcc015;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc015;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 192 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc015 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc015, #94dc15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc015 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 192 21 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.51 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.61 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.17 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.46 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.59 #233fea Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcc015  rgb(220, 192, 21)  hsl(52, 83%, 47%)  Citrine
#1531dc  rgb(21, 49, 220)  hsl(232, 83%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#15dcc0  rgb(21, 220, 192)  hsl(172, 83%, 47%)  Turquoise
#c015dc  rgb(192, 21, 220)  hsl(292, 83%, 47%)  Electric Purple