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#DEC60A

#dec60a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec60a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.65% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.81% magenta, 95.5% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 53.21°, with 91.38% saturation and 45.49% 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 12.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.53.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5594

Complementary

  1. #dec60a
  2. #0a22de

Split complementary

  1. #dec60a
  2. #0a8cde
  3. #5c0ade

Analogous

  1. #de5c0a
  2. #dec60a
  3. #8cde0a

Triadic

  1. #dec60a
  2. #0adec6
  3. #c60ade

Tetradic

  1. #dec60a
  2. #22de0a
  3. #0a22de
  4. #c60ade

Square

  1. #dec60a
  2. #0ade5c
  3. #0a22de
  4. #de0a8c

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4303
  2. #958507
  3. #dec60a
  4. #f6e13e
  5. #faed87

Shades

#dec60a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec60a
  2. #c8b209
  3. #b29e08
  4. #9b8b07
  5. #857706
  6. #6f6305
  7. #594f04
  8. #433b03
  9. #2c2802
  10. #161401
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec60a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec60a
  2. #e1cc23
  3. #e5d13b
  4. #e8d754
  5. #ebdd6c
  6. #efe385
  7. #f2e89d
  8. #f5eeb6
  9. #f8f4ce
  10. #fcf9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec60a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec60a
  2. #d5bf16
  3. #cbb822
  4. #c2b12d
  5. #b8aa39
  6. #afa345
  7. #a69c51
  8. #9c955d
  9. #938e68
  10. #898774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c69d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1c925 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b6a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c81d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bd86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec60a {
  color: #dec60a;
}
Background
.bg-dec60a {
  background-color: #dec60a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec60a {
  border: 2px solid #dec60a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec60a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 198 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec60a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec60a, #8cde0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec60a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 198 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.94 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.08 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.23 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.40 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.57 #2139f5 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec60a  rgb(222, 198, 10)  hsl(53, 91%, 45%)  Citrine
#0a22de  rgb(10, 34, 222)  hsl(233, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adec6  rgb(10, 222, 198)  hsl(173, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c60ade  rgb(198, 10, 222)  hsl(293, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple