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#DE9906

#de9906 ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#de9906 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 60% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.08% magenta, 97.3% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 40.83°, with 94.74% saturation and 44.71% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 1.35.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3833

Complementary

  1. #de9906
  2. #064bde

Split complementary

  1. #de9906
  2. #06b7de
  3. #2d06de

Analogous

  1. #de2d06
  2. #de9906
  3. #b7de06

Triadic

  1. #de9906
  2. #06de99
  3. #9906de

Tetradic

  1. #de9906
  2. #4bde06
  3. #064bde
  4. #9906de

Square

  1. #de9906
  2. #06de2d
  3. #064bde
  4. #de06b7

Monochromatic

  1. #493202
  2. #946604
  3. #de9906
  4. #fabb37
  5. #fcd581

Shades

#de9906 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #de9906
  2. #c88a05
  3. #b27a05
  4. #9b6b04
  5. #855c04
  6. #6f4d03
  7. #593d02
  8. #432e02
  9. #2c1f01
  10. #160f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#de9906 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #de9906
  2. #e1a31f
  3. #e5ad38
  4. #e8b851
  5. #ebc26a
  6. #efcc83
  7. #f2d69b
  8. #f5e0b4
  9. #f8ebcd
  10. #fcf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#de9906 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #de9906
  2. #d59712
  3. #cb941e
  4. #c2922b
  5. #b88f37
  6. #af8d43
  7. #a68a4f
  8. #9c885b
  9. #938568
  10. #898374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfa184 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ad14 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f38682 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c59b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cea50f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb8e67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-de9906 {
  color: #de9906;
}
Background
.bg-de9906 {
  background-color: #de9906;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-de9906 {
  border: 2px solid #de9906;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #de9906;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 153 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 95% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-de9906 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #de9906, #b7de06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-de9906 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 153 6 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.35 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.89 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.92 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.37 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 6.85 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.06 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.26 #2166f9 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#de9906  rgb(222, 153, 6)  hsl(41, 95%, 45%)  Gamboge
#064bde  rgb(6, 75, 222)  hsl(221, 95%, 45%)  Sapphire
#06de99  rgb(6, 222, 153)  hsl(161, 95%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#9906de  rgb(153, 6, 222)  hsl(281, 95%, 45%)  Dark Violet