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#DCD010

#dcd010 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcd010 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 81.57% green and 6.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.45% magenta, 92.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 56.47°, with 86.44% saturation and 46.27% 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 13.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.97.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6036

Complementary

  1. #dcd010
  2. #101cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcd010
  2. #1082dc
  3. #6a10dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6a10
  2. #dcd010
  3. #82dc10

Triadic

  1. #dcd010
  2. #10dcd0
  3. #d010dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcd010
  2. #1cdc10
  3. #101cdc
  4. #d010dc

Square

  1. #dcd010
  2. #10dc6a
  3. #101cdc
  4. #dc1082

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4906
  2. #958d0b
  3. #dcd010
  4. #f2e847
  5. #f7f18e

Shades

#dcd010 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcd010
  2. #c6bb0e
  3. #b0a60d
  4. #9a920b
  5. #847d0a
  6. #6e6808
  7. #585306
  8. #423e05
  9. #2c2a03
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcd010 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcd010
  2. #e0d528
  3. #e3d940
  4. #e7de58
  5. #eae370
  6. #eee888
  7. #f1ec9f
  8. #f5f1b7
  9. #f8f6cf
  10. #fcfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcd010 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcd010
  2. #d3c81b
  3. #cac026
  4. #c0b832
  5. #b7b03d
  6. #aea848
  7. #a5a053
  8. #9c985e
  9. #92906a
  10. #898875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3cea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8cf2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edc1b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3cf22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7c78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcd010 {
  color: #dcd010;
}
Background
.bg-dcd010 {
  background-color: #dcd010;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcd010 {
  border: 2px solid #dcd010;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcd010;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 208 16;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 86% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcd010 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcd010, #82dc10);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcd010 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 208 16 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.97 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.10 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.12 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.25 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.43 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 7.12 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.24 #232fef Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcd010  rgb(220, 208, 16)  hsl(56, 86%, 46%)  Citrine
#101cdc  rgb(16, 28, 220)  hsl(236, 86%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#10dcd0  rgb(16, 220, 208)  hsl(176, 86%, 46%)  Turquoise
#d010dc  rgb(208, 16, 220)  hsl(296, 86%, 46%)  Electric Purple