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#DEC306

#dec306 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec306 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.47% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 97.3% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, 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 11.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.45.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5457

Complementary

  1. #dec306
  2. #0621de

Split complementary

  1. #dec306
  2. #068dde
  3. #5706de

Analogous

  1. #de5706
  2. #dec306
  3. #8dde06

Triadic

  1. #dec306
  2. #06dec3
  3. #c306de

Tetradic

  1. #dec306
  2. #21de06
  3. #0621de
  4. #c306de

Square

  1. #dec306
  2. #06de57
  3. #0621de
  4. #de068d

Monochromatic

  1. #494002
  2. #948204
  3. #dec306
  4. #fae137
  5. #fcec81

Shades

#dec306 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec306
  2. #c8b005
  3. #b29c05
  4. #9b8904
  5. #857504
  6. #6f6203
  7. #594e02
  8. #433b02
  9. #2c2701
  10. #161401
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec306 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec306
  2. #e1c91f
  3. #e5cf38
  4. #e8d551
  5. #ebdb6a
  6. #efe183
  7. #f2e79b
  8. #f5edb4
  9. #f8f3cd
  10. #fcf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec306 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec306
  2. #d5bc12
  3. #cbb61e
  4. #c2af2b
  5. #b8a837
  6. #afa243
  7. #a69b4f
  8. #9c945b
  9. #938d68
  10. #898774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec39b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc51b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ba84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec306 {
  color: #dec306;
}
Background
.bg-dec306 {
  background-color: #dec306;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec306 {
  border: 2px solid #dec306;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec306;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 95% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec306 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec306, #8dde06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec306 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 6 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.45 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.01 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.11 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.17 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 7.02 #213cf9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec306  rgb(222, 195, 6)  hsl(53, 95%, 45%)  Citrine
#0621de  rgb(6, 33, 222)  hsl(233, 95%, 45%)  Blue
#06dec3  rgb(6, 222, 195)  hsl(173, 95%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c306de  rgb(195, 6, 222)  hsl(293, 95%, 45%)  Electric Purple