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#DCD013

#dcd013 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcd013 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 7.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.45% magenta, 91.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 56.42°, with 84.1% saturation and 46.86% 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 1.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6037

Complementary

  1. #dcd013
  2. #131fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcd013
  2. #1383dc
  3. #6c13dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6c13
  2. #dcd013
  3. #83dc13

Triadic

  1. #dcd013
  2. #13dcd0
  3. #d013dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcd013
  2. #1fdc13
  3. #131fdc
  4. #d013dc

Square

  1. #dcd013
  2. #13dc6c
  3. #131fdc
  4. #dc1383

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4b07
  2. #968d0d
  3. #dcd013
  4. #f0e64c
  5. #f6f092

Shades

#dcd013 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcd013
  2. #c6bb11
  3. #b0a60f
  4. #9a920d
  5. #847d0b
  6. #6e680a
  7. #585308
  8. #423e06
  9. #2c2a04
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcd013 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcd013
  2. #e0d52b
  3. #e3d942
  4. #e7de5a
  5. #eae371
  6. #eee889
  7. #f1eca1
  8. #f5f1b8
  9. #f8f6d0
  10. #fcfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcd013 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcd013
  2. #d3c81e
  3. #cac029
  4. #c0b834
  5. #b7b03f
  6. #aea84a
  7. #a5a054
  8. #9c985f
  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 #e8cf2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edc1b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3cf24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7c78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcd013 {
  color: #dcd013;
}
Background
.bg-dcd013 {
  background-color: #dcd013;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcd013 {
  border: 2px solid #dcd013;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcd013;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 208 19;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 84% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcd013 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcd013, #83dc13);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcd013 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 208 19 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.99 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.09 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.14 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.25 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.45 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 7.14 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.22 #232fec Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcd013  rgb(220, 208, 19)  hsl(56, 84%, 47%)  Citrine
#131fdc  rgb(19, 31, 220)  hsl(236, 84%, 47%)  Blue
#13dcd0  rgb(19, 220, 208)  hsl(176, 84%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d013dc  rgb(208, 19, 220)  hsl(296, 84%, 47%)  Electric Purple