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#DEC00A

#dec00a ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec00a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 95.5% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.51°, with 91.38% saturation and 45.49% 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.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5325

Complementary

  1. #dec00a
  2. #0a28de

Split complementary

  1. #dec00a
  2. #0a92de
  3. #560ade

Analogous

  1. #de560a
  2. #dec00a
  3. #92de0a

Triadic

  1. #dec00a
  2. #0adec0
  3. #c00ade

Tetradic

  1. #dec00a
  2. #28de0a
  3. #0a28de
  4. #c00ade

Square

  1. #dec00a
  2. #0ade56
  3. #0a28de
  4. #de0a92

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4103
  2. #958107
  3. #dec00a
  4. #f6dc3e
  5. #fae987

Shades

#dec00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec00a
  2. #c8ad09
  3. #b29a08
  4. #9b8607
  5. #857306
  6. #6f6005
  7. #594d04
  8. #433a03
  9. #2c2602
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec00a
  2. #e1c623
  3. #e5cd3b
  4. #e8d354
  5. #ebd96c
  6. #efe085
  7. #f2e69d
  8. #f5ecb6
  9. #f8f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec00a
  2. #d5ba16
  3. #cbb322
  4. #c2ad2d
  5. #b8a639
  6. #afa045
  7. #a69a51
  8. #9c935d
  9. #938d68
  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 #ddc523 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc31c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec00a {
  color: #dec00a;
}
Background
.bg-dec00a {
  background-color: #dec00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec00a {
  border: 2px solid #dec00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec00a, #92de0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 10 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.44 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.36 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.27 #213ff5 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dec00a  rgb(222, 192, 10)  hsl(52, 91%, 45%)  Jonquil
#0a28de  rgb(10, 40, 222)  hsl(232, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adec0  rgb(10, 222, 192)  hsl(172, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c00ade  rgb(192, 10, 222)  hsl(292, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple