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#DEC52D

#dec52d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec52d 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 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.26% magenta, 79.73% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 51.53°, with 72.84% saturation and 52.35% 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 12.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.49.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5565

Complementary

  1. #dec52d
  2. #2d46de

Split complementary

  1. #dec52d
  2. #2d9ede
  3. #6d2dde

Analogous

  1. #de6d2d
  2. #dec52d
  3. #9ede2d

Triadic

  1. #dec52d
  2. #2ddec5
  3. #c52dde

Tetradic

  1. #dec52d
  2. #46de2d
  3. #2d46de
  4. #c52dde

Square

  1. #dec52d
  2. #2dde6d
  3. #2d46de
  4. #de2d9e

Monochromatic

  1. #63570f
  2. #a5911a
  3. #dec52d
  4. #e8d76f
  5. #f3eab1

Shades

#dec52d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec52d
  2. #c8b129
  3. #b29e24
  4. #9b8a20
  5. #85761b
  6. #6f6317
  7. #594f12
  8. #433b0e
  9. #2c2709
  10. #161405
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec52d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec52d
  2. #e1cb42
  3. #e5d157
  4. #e8d66c
  5. #ebdc81
  6. #efe296
  7. #f2e8ab
  8. #f5eec0
  9. #f8f3d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec52d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec52d
  2. #d5be35
  3. #cbb73e
  4. #c2b046
  5. #b8a94e
  6. #afa357
  7. #a69c5f
  8. #9c9567
  9. #938e6f
  10. #898778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfc59f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d9c000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e0c939 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b6a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbc218 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfc734 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bc89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec52d {
  color: #dec52d;
}
Background
.bg-dec52d {
  background-color: #dec52d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec52d {
  border: 2px solid #dec52d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec52d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 197 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec52d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec52d, #9ede2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec52d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 197 45 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.79 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.83 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.09 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.18 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.54 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.54 #213ad2 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec52d  rgb(222, 197, 45)  hsl(52, 73%, 52%)  Citrine
#2d46de  rgb(45, 70, 222)  hsl(232, 73%, 52%)  Iris
#2ddec5  rgb(45, 222, 197)  hsl(172, 73%, 52%)  Turquoise
#c52dde  rgb(197, 45, 222)  hsl(292, 73%, 52%)  Electric Purple