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#DEC015

#dec015 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec015 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 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 90.54% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.04°, with 82.72% saturation and 47.65% 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 11.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.18.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5328

Complementary

  1. #dec015
  2. #1533de

Split complementary

  1. #dec015
  2. #1598de
  3. #5b15de

Analogous

  1. #de5b15
  2. #dec015
  3. #98de15

Triadic

  1. #dec015
  2. #15dec0
  3. #c015de

Tetradic

  1. #dec015
  2. #33de15
  3. #1533de
  4. #c015de

Square

  1. #dec015
  2. #15de5b
  3. #1533de
  4. #de1598

Monochromatic

  1. #524708
  2. #98840e
  3. #dec015
  4. #efd751
  5. #f5e797

Shades

#dec015 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec015
  2. #c8ad13
  3. #b29a11
  4. #9b860f
  5. #85730d
  6. #6f600b
  7. #594d08
  8. #433a06
  9. #2c2604
  10. #161302
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec015 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec015
  2. #e1c62c
  3. #e5cd44
  4. #e8d35b
  5. #ebd973
  6. #efe08a
  7. #f2e6a1
  8. #f5ecb9
  9. #f8f2d0
  10. #fcf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec015 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec015
  2. #d5ba20
  3. #cbb32a
  4. #c2ad35
  5. #b8a640
  6. #afa04b
  7. #a69a55
  8. #9c9360
  9. #938d6b
  10. #898675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.66:1 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 #ddc528 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc322 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9b783 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec015 {
  color: #dec015;
}
Background
.bg-dec015 {
  background-color: #dec015;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec015 {
  border: 2px solid #dec015;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec015;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 192 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 83% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec015 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec015, #98de15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec015 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 192 21 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.18 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.07 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.24 #213fea Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dec015  rgb(222, 192, 21)  hsl(51, 83%, 48%)  Jonquil
#1533de  rgb(21, 51, 222)  hsl(231, 83%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#15dec0  rgb(21, 222, 192)  hsl(171, 83%, 48%)  Turquoise
#c015de  rgb(192, 21, 222)  hsl(291, 83%, 48%)  Electric Purple