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#DCC41F

#dcc41f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcc41f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 76.86% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.91% magenta, 85.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 52.38°, with 75.3% saturation and 49.22% 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 11.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.24.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5479

Complementary

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #1f37dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #1f96dc
  3. #661fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc661f
  2. #dcc41f
  3. #96dc1f

Triadic

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #1fdcc4
  3. #c41fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #37dc1f
  3. #1f37dc
  4. #c41fdc

Square

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #1fdc66
  3. #1f37dc
  4. #dc1f96

Monochromatic

  1. #564d0c
  2. #998816
  3. #dcc41f
  4. #e8d75f
  5. #f2e8a2

Shades

#dcc41f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #c6b01c
  3. #b09d19
  4. #9a8916
  5. #847613
  6. #6e6210
  7. #584e0c
  8. #423b09
  9. #2c2706
  10. #161403
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc41f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #e0ca35
  3. #e3d04c
  4. #e7d662
  5. #eadc79
  6. #eee28f
  7. #f1e7a5
  8. #f5edbc
  9. #f8f3d2
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc41f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc41f
  2. #d3bd29
  3. #cab632
  4. #c0b03c
  5. #b7a946
  6. #aea250
  7. #a59b59
  8. #9c9463
  9. #928e6d
  10. #898776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec49c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc72f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb5a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec629 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7bb86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc41f {
  color: #dcc41f;
}
Background
.bg-dcc41f {
  background-color: #dcc41f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc41f {
  border: 2px solid #dcc41f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc41f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 196 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc41f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc41f, #96dc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc41f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 196 31 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.24 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.02 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.51 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.65 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.70 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.85 #233be0 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcc41f  rgb(220, 196, 31)  hsl(52, 75%, 49%)  Citrine
#1f37dc  rgb(31, 55, 220)  hsl(232, 75%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#1fdcc4  rgb(31, 220, 196)  hsl(172, 75%, 49%)  Turquoise
#c41fdc  rgb(196, 31, 220)  hsl(292, 75%, 49%)  Electric Purple