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#DEC528

#dec528 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec528 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.25% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.26% magenta, 81.98% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.76°, 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5562

Complementary

  1. #dec528
  2. #2841de

Split complementary

  1. #dec528
  2. #289cde
  3. #6a28de

Analogous

  1. #de6a28
  2. #dec528
  3. #9cde28

Triadic

  1. #dec528
  2. #28dec5
  3. #c528de

Tetradic

  1. #dec528
  2. #41de28
  3. #2841de
  4. #c528de

Square

  1. #dec528
  2. #28de6a
  3. #2841de
  4. #de289c

Monochromatic

  1. #5e540f
  2. #a18e19
  3. #dec528
  4. #e8d76a
  5. #f2e9ad

Shades

#dec528 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec528
  2. #c8b124
  3. #b29e20
  4. #9b8a1c
  5. #857618
  6. #6f6314
  7. #594f10
  8. #433b0c
  9. #2c2708
  10. #161404
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec528 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec528
  2. #e1cb3e
  3. #e5d153
  4. #e8d669
  5. #ebdc7e
  6. #efe294
  7. #f2e8a9
  8. #f5eebf
  9. #f8f3d4
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec528 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec528
  2. #d5be31
  3. #cbb73a
  4. #c2b042
  5. #b8a94b
  6. #afa354
  7. #a69c5d
  8. #9c9566
  9. #938e6e
  10. #898777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc59e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c935 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b6a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc20d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc730 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bc88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec528 {
  color: #dec528;
}
Background
.bg-dec528 {
  background-color: #dec528;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec528 {
  border: 2px solid #dec528;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec528;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 197 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec528 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec528, #9cde28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec528 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 197 40 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.30 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.97 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.14 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.33 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.42 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.44 #213ad7 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec528  rgb(222, 197, 40)  hsl(52, 73%, 51%)  Citrine
#2841de  rgb(40, 65, 222)  hsl(232, 73%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#28dec5  rgb(40, 222, 197)  hsl(172, 73%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c528de  rgb(197, 40, 222)  hsl(292, 73%, 51%)  Electric Purple