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#DDD60D

#ddd60d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ddd60d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 83.92% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.17% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.98°, with 88.89% saturation and 45.88% 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 13.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.19.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6349

Complementary

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #0d14dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #0d7cdd
  3. #6e0ddd

Analogous

  1. #dd6e0d
  2. #ddd60d
  3. #7cdd0d

Triadic

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #0dddd6
  3. #d60ddd

Tetradic

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #14dd0d
  3. #0d14dd
  4. #d60ddd

Square

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #0ddd6e
  3. #0d14dd
  4. #dd0d7c

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4a04
  2. #959009
  3. #ddd60d
  4. #f4ee43
  5. #f8f48b

Shades

#ddd60d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #c7c10c
  3. #b1ab0a
  4. #9b9609
  5. #858008
  6. #6f6b07
  7. #585605
  8. #424004
  9. #2c2b03
  10. #161501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddd60d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #e0da25
  3. #e4de3d
  4. #e7e256
  5. #ebe66e
  6. #eeeb86
  7. #f1ef9e
  8. #f5f3b6
  9. #f8f7cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddd60d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddd60d
  2. #d4cd19
  3. #cac524
  4. #c1bc30
  5. #b8b43b
  6. #afab47
  7. #a5a252
  8. #9c9a5e
  9. #939169
  10. #898975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6d3a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9cd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eec7b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4d100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d522 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7cd91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddd60d {
  color: #ddd60d;
}
Background
.bg-ddd60d {
  background-color: #ddd60d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddd60d {
  border: 2px solid #ddd60d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddd60d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 214 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 89% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddd60d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddd60d, #7cdd0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddd60d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 214 13 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.19 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.38 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.82 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.82 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.12 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.37 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.43 #2229f2 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ddd60d  rgb(221, 214, 13)  hsl(58, 89%, 46%)  Citrine
#0d14dd  rgb(13, 20, 221)  hsl(238, 89%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#0dddd6  rgb(13, 221, 214)  hsl(178, 89%, 46%)  Bright Turquoise
#d60ddd  rgb(214, 13, 221)  hsl(298, 89%, 46%)  Electric Purple