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#DCD016

#dcd016 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcd016 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 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.45% magenta, 90% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 56.36°, with 81.82% saturation and 47.45% 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 13.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.01.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6039

Complementary

  1. #dcd016
  2. #1622dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcd016
  2. #1685dc
  3. #6d16dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6d16
  2. #dcd016
  3. #85dc16

Triadic

  1. #dcd016
  2. #16dcd0
  3. #d016dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcd016
  2. #22dc16
  3. #1622dc
  4. #d016dc

Square

  1. #dcd016
  2. #16dc6d
  3. #1622dc
  4. #dc1685

Monochromatic

  1. #514c08
  2. #968e0f
  3. #dcd016
  4. #eee451
  5. #f5ef96

Shades

#dcd016 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcd016
  2. #c6bb14
  3. #b0a612
  4. #9a920f
  5. #847d0d
  6. #6e680b
  7. #585309
  8. #423e07
  9. #2c2a04
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcd016 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcd016
  2. #e0d52d
  3. #e3d945
  4. #e7de5c
  5. #eae373
  6. #eee88b
  7. #f1eca2
  8. #f5f1b9
  9. #f8f6d0
  10. #fcfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcd016 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcd016
  2. #d3c821
  3. #cac02b
  4. #c0b836
  5. #b7b040
  6. #aea84b
  7. #a5a056
  8. #9c9860
  9. #92906b
  10. #898875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.08:1 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 #e8cf2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edc1b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3cf26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7c78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcd016 {
  color: #dcd016;
}
Background
.bg-dcd016 {
  background-color: #dcd016;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcd016 {
  border: 2px solid #dcd016;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcd016;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 208 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcd016 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcd016, #85dc16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcd016 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 208 22 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.01 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.09 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.17 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.25 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.48 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.16 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 7.17 #232fe9 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcd016  rgb(220, 208, 22)  hsl(56, 82%, 47%)  Citrine
#1622dc  rgb(22, 34, 220)  hsl(236, 82%, 47%)  Blue
#16dcd0  rgb(22, 220, 208)  hsl(176, 82%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d016dc  rgb(208, 22, 220)  hsl(296, 82%, 47%)  Electric Purple