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#DEC003

#dec003 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec003 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 75.29% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 98.65% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.78°, with 97.33% saturation and 44.12% 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 11.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.17.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5324

Complementary

  1. #dec003
  2. #0321de

Split complementary

  1. #dec003
  2. #038fde
  3. #5303de

Analogous

  1. #de5303
  2. #dec003
  3. #8fde03

Triadic

  1. #dec003
  2. #03dec0
  3. #c003de

Tetradic

  1. #dec003
  2. #21de03
  3. #0321de
  4. #c003de

Square

  1. #dec003
  2. #03de53
  3. #0321de
  4. #de038f

Monochromatic

  1. #473d01
  2. #937f02
  3. #dec003
  4. #fce031
  5. #fdec7d

Shades

#dec003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec003
  2. #c8ad03
  3. #b29a02
  4. #9b8602
  5. #857302
  6. #6f6002
  7. #594d01
  8. #433a01
  9. #2c2601
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec003
  2. #e1c61c
  3. #e5cd35
  4. #e8d34f
  5. #ebd968
  6. #efe081
  7. #f2e69a
  8. #f5ecb3
  9. #f8f2cd
  10. #fcf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec003
  2. #d5ba10
  3. #cbb31c
  4. #c2ad29
  5. #b8a635
  6. #afa042
  7. #a69a4e
  8. #9c935b
  9. #938d67
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc199 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc521 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b0a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc318 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b781 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec003 {
  color: #dec003;
}
Background
.bg-dec003 {
  background-color: #dec003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec003 {
  border: 2px solid #dec003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 97% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec003, #8fde03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 3 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.41 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.97 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.42 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.30 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.37 #213ffc Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dec003  rgb(222, 192, 3)  hsl(52, 97%, 44%)  Jonquil
#0321de  rgb(3, 33, 222)  hsl(232, 97%, 44%)  Blue
#03dec0  rgb(3, 222, 192)  hsl(172, 97%, 44%)  Turquoise
#c003de  rgb(192, 3, 222)  hsl(292, 97%, 44%)  Electric Purple