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#DCC600

#dcc600 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcc600 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 77.65% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 100% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 54°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.43.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.556

Complementary

  1. #dcc600
  2. #0016dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc600
  2. #0084dc
  3. #5800dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5800
  2. #dcc600
  3. #84dc00

Triadic

  1. #dcc600
  2. #00dcc6
  3. #c600dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc600
  2. #16dc00
  3. #0016dc
  4. #c600dc

Square

  1. #dcc600
  2. #00dc58
  3. #0016dc
  4. #dc0084

Monochromatic

  1. #433c00
  2. #908100
  3. #dcc600
  4. #ffea2a
  5. #fff176

Shades

#dcc600 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc600
  2. #c6b200
  3. #b09e00
  4. #9a8b00
  5. #847700
  6. #6e6300
  7. #584f00
  8. #423b00
  9. #2c2800
  10. #161400
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc600 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc600
  2. #e0cc1a
  3. #e3d133
  4. #e7d74d
  5. #eadd66
  6. #eee380
  7. #f1e899
  8. #f5eeb3
  9. #f8f4cc
  10. #fcf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc600 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc600
  2. #d3bf0d
  3. #cab81a
  4. #c0b126
  5. #b7aa33
  6. #aea340
  7. #a59c4d
  8. #9c955a
  9. #928e66
  10. #898773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec59c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c822 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb6a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc719 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7bd85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc600 {
  color: #dcc600;
}
Background
.bg-dcc600 {
  background-color: #dcc600;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc600 {
  border: 2px solid #dcc600;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc600;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 198 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc600 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc600, #84dc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc600 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 198 0 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.43 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.32 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.10 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.32 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.43 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.65 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.76 #2339ff Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcc600  rgb(220, 198, 0)  hsl(54, 100%, 43%)  Citrine
#0016dc  rgb(0, 22, 220)  hsl(234, 100%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#00dcc6  rgb(0, 220, 198)  hsl(174, 100%, 43%)  Turquoise
#c600dc  rgb(198, 0, 220)  hsl(294, 100%, 43%)  Electric Purple