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#DEC428

#dec428 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec428 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 76.86% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 81.98% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 73.39% saturation and 51.37% 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 12.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5516

Complementary

  1. #dec428
  2. #2842de

Split complementary

  1. #dec428
  2. #289dde
  3. #6928de

Analogous

  1. #de6928
  2. #dec428
  3. #9dde28

Triadic

  1. #dec428
  2. #28dec4
  3. #c428de

Tetradic

  1. #dec428
  2. #42de28
  3. #2842de
  4. #c428de

Square

  1. #dec428
  2. #28de69
  3. #2842de
  4. #de289d

Monochromatic

  1. #5e530f
  2. #a18d19
  3. #dec428
  4. #e8d66a
  5. #f2e8ad

Shades

#dec428 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec428
  2. #c8b024
  3. #b29d20
  4. #9b891c
  5. #857618
  6. #6f6214
  7. #594e10
  8. #433b0c
  9. #2c2708
  10. #161404
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec428 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec428
  2. #e1ca3e
  3. #e5d053
  4. #e8d669
  5. #ebdc7e
  6. #efe294
  7. #f2e7a9
  8. #f5edbf
  9. #f8f3d4
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec428 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec428
  2. #d5bd31
  3. #cbb63a
  4. #c2b042
  5. #b8a94b
  6. #afa254
  7. #a69b5d
  8. #9c9466
  9. #938e6e
  10. #898777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc49d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8bf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc835 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b5a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc10e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc630 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bb87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec428 {
  color: #dec428;
}
Background
.bg-dec428 {
  background-color: #dec428;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec428 {
  border: 2px solid #dec428;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec428;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 196 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec428 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec428, #9dde28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec428 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 196 40 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.60 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.74 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.90 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.39 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.42 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.47 #213bd7 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec428  rgb(222, 196, 40)  hsl(51, 73%, 51%)  Citrine
#2842de  rgb(40, 66, 222)  hsl(231, 73%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#28dec4  rgb(40, 222, 196)  hsl(171, 73%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c428de  rgb(196, 40, 222)  hsl(291, 73%, 51%)  Electric Purple