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#DEC626

#dec626 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec626 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 77.65% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.81% magenta, 82.88% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.17°, with 73.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 12.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5606

Complementary

  1. #dec626
  2. #263ede

Split complementary

  1. #dec626
  2. #269ade
  3. #6a26de

Analogous

  1. #de6a26
  2. #dec626
  3. #9ade26

Triadic

  1. #dec626
  2. #26dec6
  3. #c626de

Tetradic

  1. #dec626
  2. #3ede26
  3. #263ede
  4. #c626de

Square

  1. #dec626
  2. #26de6a
  3. #263ede
  4. #de269a

Monochromatic

  1. #5d530e
  2. #9f8e18
  3. #dec626
  4. #e8d768
  5. #f2e9ab

Shades

#dec626 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec626
  2. #c8b222
  3. #b29e1e
  4. #9b8b1b
  5. #857717
  6. #6f6313
  7. #594f0f
  8. #433b0b
  9. #2c2808
  10. #161404
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec626 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec626
  2. #e1cc3c
  3. #e5d151
  4. #e8d767
  5. #ebdd7d
  6. #efe393
  7. #f2e8a8
  8. #f5eebe
  9. #f8f4d4
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec626 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec626
  2. #d5bf2f
  3. #cbb838
  4. #c2b141
  5. #b8aa4a
  6. #afa353
  7. #a69c5c
  8. #9c9565
  9. #938e6e
  10. #898777
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c69e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dac000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1c934 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b7aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc307 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c82f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bd88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec626 {
  color: #dec626;
}
Background
.bg-dec626 {
  background-color: #dec626;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec626 {
  border: 2px solid #dec626;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec626;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 198 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec626 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec626, #9ade26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec626 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 198 38 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.95 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.27 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.34 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.36 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.41 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.45 #2139d9 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec626  rgb(222, 198, 38)  hsl(52, 74%, 51%)  Citrine
#263ede  rgb(38, 62, 222)  hsl(232, 74%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#26dec6  rgb(38, 222, 198)  hsl(172, 74%, 51%)  Turquoise
#c626de  rgb(198, 38, 222)  hsl(292, 74%, 51%)  Electric Purple