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#DEC316

#dec316 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec316 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 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 90.09% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.9°, with 81.97% saturation and 47.84% 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 3.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5462

Complementary

  1. #dec316
  2. #1631de

Split complementary

  1. #dec316
  2. #1695de
  3. #5f16de

Analogous

  1. #de5f16
  2. #dec316
  3. #95de16

Triadic

  1. #dec316
  2. #16dec3
  3. #c316de

Tetradic

  1. #dec316
  2. #31de16
  3. #1631de
  4. #c316de

Square

  1. #dec316
  2. #16de5f
  3. #1631de
  4. #de1695

Monochromatic

  1. #534908
  2. #98860f
  3. #dec316
  4. #eed953
  5. #f5e898

Shades

#dec316 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec316
  2. #c8b014
  3. #b29c12
  4. #9b890f
  5. #85750d
  6. #6f620b
  7. #594e09
  8. #433b07
  9. #2c2704
  10. #161402
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec316 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec316
  2. #e1c92d
  3. #e5cf45
  4. #e8d55c
  5. #ebdb73
  6. #efe18b
  7. #f2e7a2
  8. #f5edb9
  9. #f8f3d0
  10. #fcf9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec316 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec316
  2. #d5bc21
  3. #cbb62b
  4. #c2af36
  5. #b8a840
  6. #afa24b
  7. #a69b56
  8. #9c9460
  9. #938d6b
  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 #cec39c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc729 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec523 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ba85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec316 {
  color: #dec316;
}
Background
.bg-dec316 {
  background-color: #dec316;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec316 {
  border: 2px solid #dec316;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec316;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 82% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec316 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec316, #95de16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec316 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 22 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.55 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.40 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.09 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.87 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.19 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.86 #213ce9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec316  rgb(222, 195, 22)  hsl(52, 82%, 48%)  Citrine
#1631de  rgb(22, 49, 222)  hsl(232, 82%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#16dec3  rgb(22, 222, 195)  hsl(172, 82%, 48%)  Turquoise
#c316de  rgb(195, 22, 222)  hsl(292, 82%, 48%)  Electric Purple