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#DDC41B

#ddc41b ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ddc41b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 76.86% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.31% magenta, 87.78% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 52.27°, with 78.23% saturation and 48.63% 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 11.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5493

Complementary

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #1b34dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #1b95dd
  3. #631bdd

Analogous

  1. #dd631b
  2. #ddc41b
  3. #95dd1b

Triadic

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #1bddc4
  3. #c41bdd

Tetradic

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #34dd1b
  3. #1b34dd
  4. #c41bdd

Square

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #1bdd63
  3. #1b34dd
  4. #dd1b95

Monochromatic

  1. #554b0a
  2. #998813
  3. #ddc41b
  4. #ebd85a
  5. #f3e89e

Shades

#ddc41b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #c7b018
  3. #b19d16
  4. #9b8913
  5. #857610
  6. #6f620e
  7. #584e0b
  8. #423b08
  9. #2c2705
  10. #161403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddc41b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #e0ca32
  3. #e4d049
  4. #e7d65f
  5. #ebdc76
  6. #eee28d
  7. #f1e7a4
  8. #f5edbb
  9. #f8f3d1
  10. #fcf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddc41b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddc41b
  2. #d4bd25
  3. #cab62f
  4. #c1b039
  5. #b8a943
  6. #afa24e
  7. #a59b58
  8. #9c9462
  9. #938e6c
  10. #898776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec49c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc72d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efb4a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec627 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8bb86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddc41b {
  color: #ddc41b;
}
Background
.bg-ddc41b {
  background-color: #ddc41b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddc41b {
  border: 2px solid #ddc41b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddc41b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 196 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 78% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddc41b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddc41b, #95dd1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddc41b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 196 27 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.22 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.14 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.30 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.43 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.45 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.83 #223be4 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ddc41b  rgb(221, 196, 27)  hsl(52, 78%, 49%)  Citrine
#1b34dd  rgb(27, 52, 221)  hsl(232, 78%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#1bddc4  rgb(27, 221, 196)  hsl(172, 78%, 49%)  Turquoise
#c41bdd  rgb(196, 27, 221)  hsl(292, 78%, 49%)  Electric Purple