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#DEC50E

#dec50e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec50e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.25% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.26% magenta, 93.69% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.79°, with 88.14% saturation and 46.27% 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 12.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.86.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5549

Complementary

  1. #dec50e
  2. #0e27de

Split complementary

  1. #dec50e
  2. #0e8fde
  3. #5d0ede

Analogous

  1. #de5d0e
  2. #dec50e
  3. #8fde0e

Triadic

  1. #dec50e
  2. #0edec5
  3. #c50ede

Tetradic

  1. #dec50e
  2. #27de0e
  3. #0e27de
  4. #c50ede

Square

  1. #dec50e
  2. #0ede5d
  3. #0e27de
  4. #de0e8f

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4505
  2. #968509
  3. #dec50e
  4. #f3de45
  5. #f8eb8d

Shades

#dec50e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec50e
  2. #c8b10d
  3. #b29e0b
  4. #9b8a0a
  5. #857608
  6. #6f6307
  7. #594f06
  8. #433b04
  9. #2c2703
  10. #161401
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec50e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec50e
  2. #e1cb26
  3. #e5d13e
  4. #e8d656
  5. #ebdc6e
  6. #efe287
  7. #f2e89f
  8. #f5eeb7
  9. #f8f3cf
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec50e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec50e
  2. #d5be19
  3. #cbb725
  4. #c2b030
  5. #b8a93c
  6. #afa347
  7. #a69c52
  8. #9c955e
  9. #938e69
  10. #898775
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc59c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dabf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c826 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b5a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc71f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bc85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec50e {
  color: #dec50e;
}
Background
.bg-dec50e {
  background-color: #dec50e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec50e {
  border: 2px solid #dec50e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec50e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 197 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec50e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec50e, #8fde0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec50e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 197 14 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.86 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.65 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.67 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.12 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.41 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.68 #213af1 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec50e  rgb(222, 197, 14)  hsl(53, 88%, 46%)  Citrine
#0e27de  rgb(14, 39, 222)  hsl(233, 88%, 46%)  Blue
#0edec5  rgb(14, 222, 197)  hsl(173, 88%, 46%)  Turquoise
#c50ede  rgb(197, 14, 222)  hsl(293, 88%, 46%)  Electric Purple