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#DEC326

#dec326 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec326 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.47% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 82.88% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.2°, with 73.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.85.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.547

Complementary

  1. #dec326
  2. #2641de

Split complementary

  1. #dec326
  2. #269dde
  3. #6726de

Analogous

  1. #de6726
  2. #dec326
  3. #9dde26

Triadic

  1. #dec326
  2. #26dec3
  3. #c326de

Tetradic

  1. #dec326
  2. #41de26
  3. #2641de
  4. #c326de

Square

  1. #dec326
  2. #26de67
  3. #2641de
  4. #de269d

Monochromatic

  1. #5d510e
  2. #9f8b18
  3. #dec326
  4. #e8d568
  5. #f2e8ab

Shades

#dec326 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec326
  2. #c8b022
  3. #b29c1e
  4. #9b891b
  5. #857517
  6. #6f6213
  7. #594e0f
  8. #433b0b
  9. #2c2708
  10. #161404
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec326 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec326
  2. #e1c93c
  3. #e5cf51
  4. #e8d567
  5. #ebdb7d
  6. #efe193
  7. #f2e7a8
  8. #f5edbe
  9. #f8f3d4
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec326 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec326
  2. #d5bc2f
  3. #cbb638
  4. #c2af41
  5. #b8a84a
  6. #afa253
  7. #a69b5c
  8. #9c9465
  9. #938d6e
  10. #898777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec39d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7be00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec733 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b3a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dac008 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec62f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ba86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec326 {
  color: #dec326;
}
Background
.bg-dec326 {
  background-color: #dec326;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec326 {
  border: 2px solid #dec326;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec326;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 195 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec326 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec326, #9dde26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec326 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 195 38 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.85 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.68 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.46 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.49 #213cd9 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec326  rgb(222, 195, 38)  hsl(51, 74%, 51%)  Citrine
#2641de  rgb(38, 65, 222)  hsl(231, 74%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#26dec3  rgb(38, 222, 195)  hsl(171, 74%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c326de  rgb(195, 38, 222)  hsl(291, 74%, 51%)  Electric Purple