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#DEC00C

#dec00c ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec00c 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 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 94.59% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 89.74% 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 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 luminance0.5326

Complementary

  1. #dec00c
  2. #0c2ade

Split complementary

  1. #dec00c
  2. #0c93de
  3. #570cde

Analogous

  1. #de570c
  2. #dec00c
  3. #93de0c

Triadic

  1. #dec00c
  2. #0cdec0
  3. #c00cde

Tetradic

  1. #dec00c
  2. #2ade0c
  3. #0c2ade
  4. #c00cde

Square

  1. #dec00c
  2. #0cde57
  3. #0c2ade
  4. #de0c93

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4204
  2. #958108
  3. #dec00c
  4. #f5db42
  5. #f9e98a

Shades

#dec00c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec00c
  2. #c8ad0b
  3. #b29a0a
  4. #9b8608
  5. #857307
  6. #6f6006
  7. #594d05
  8. #433a04
  9. #2c2602
  10. #161301
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec00c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec00c
  2. #e1c624
  3. #e5cd3d
  4. #e8d355
  5. #ebd96d
  6. #efe086
  7. #f2e69e
  8. #f5ecb6
  9. #f8f2ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec00c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec00c
  2. #d5ba18
  3. #cbb323
  4. #c2ad2f
  5. #b8a63a
  6. #afa046
  7. #a69a52
  8. #9c935d
  9. #938d69
  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 #cdc19a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc524 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc31d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec00c {
  color: #dec00c;
}
Background
.bg-dec00c {
  background-color: #dec00c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec00c {
  border: 2px solid #dec00c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec00c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 90% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec00c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec00c, #93de0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec00c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 12 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.17 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.19 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.24 #213ff3 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dec00c  rgb(222, 192, 12)  hsl(51, 90%, 46%)  Jonquil
#0c2ade  rgb(12, 42, 222)  hsl(231, 90%, 46%)  Blue
#0cdec0  rgb(12, 222, 192)  hsl(171, 90%, 46%)  Turquoise
#c00cde  rgb(192, 12, 222)  hsl(291, 90%, 46%)  Electric Purple