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#DEC30F

#dec30f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec30f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 93.24% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.17°, with 87.34% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.49.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5459

Complementary

  1. #dec30f
  2. #0f2ade

Split complementary

  1. #dec30f
  2. #0f92de
  3. #5b0fde

Analogous

  1. #de5b0f
  2. #dec30f
  3. #92de0f

Triadic

  1. #dec30f
  2. #0fdec3
  3. #c30fde

Tetradic

  1. #dec30f
  2. #2ade0f
  3. #0f2ade
  4. #c30fde

Square

  1. #dec30f
  2. #0fde5b
  3. #0f2ade
  4. #de0f92

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4505
  2. #96840a
  3. #dec30f
  4. #f3dc47
  5. #f7ea8f

Shades

#dec30f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec30f
  2. #c8b00e
  3. #b29c0c
  4. #9b890b
  5. #857509
  6. #6f6208
  7. #594e06
  8. #433b05
  9. #2c2703
  10. #161402
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec30f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec30f
  2. #e1c927
  3. #e5cf3f
  4. #e8d557
  5. #ebdb6f
  6. #efe187
  7. #f2e79f
  8. #f5edb7
  9. #f8f3cf
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec30f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec30f
  2. #d5bc1a
  3. #cbb626
  4. #c2af31
  5. #b8a83c
  6. #afa248
  7. #a69b53
  8. #9c945e
  9. #938d69
  10. #898775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.92:1 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 #dfc726 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc51f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ba84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec30f {
  color: #dec30f;
}
Background
.bg-dec30f {
  background-color: #dec30f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec30f {
  border: 2px solid #dec30f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec30f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec30f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec30f, #92de0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec30f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 15 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.49 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.94 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.14 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.99 #213cf0 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec30f  rgb(222, 195, 15)  hsl(52, 87%, 46%)  Citrine
#0f2ade  rgb(15, 42, 222)  hsl(232, 87%, 46%)  Blue
#0fdec3  rgb(15, 222, 195)  hsl(172, 87%, 46%)  Turquoise
#c30fde  rgb(195, 15, 222)  hsl(292, 87%, 46%)  Electric Purple