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#DEC720

#dec720 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec720 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.04% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.36% magenta, 85.59% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.74°, with 74.8% saturation and 49.8% 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 12.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5648

Complementary

  1. #dec720
  2. #2037de

Split complementary

  1. #dec720
  2. #2096de
  3. #6820de

Analogous

  1. #de6820
  2. #dec720
  3. #96de20

Triadic

  1. #dec720
  2. #20dec7
  3. #c720de

Tetradic

  1. #dec720
  2. #37de20
  3. #2037de
  4. #c720de

Square

  1. #dec720
  2. #20de68
  3. #2037de
  4. #de2096

Monochromatic

  1. #584f0d
  2. #9b8b16
  3. #dec720
  4. #e8d862
  5. #f2e9a5

Shades

#dec720 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec720
  2. #c8b31d
  3. #b29f1a
  4. #9b8b16
  5. #857713
  6. #6f6410
  7. #59500d
  8. #433c0a
  9. #2c2806
  10. #161403
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec720 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec720
  2. #e1cd36
  3. #e5d24d
  4. #e8d863
  5. #ebdd79
  6. #efe390
  7. #f2e9a6
  8. #f5eebc
  9. #f8f4d2
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec720 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec720
  2. #d5c02a
  3. #cbb933
  4. #c2b23d
  5. #b8ab46
  6. #afa450
  7. #a69c5a
  8. #9c9563
  9. #938e6d
  10. #898776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c69f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1ca30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b8aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c92b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9be88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec720 {
  color: #dec720;
}
Background
.bg-dec720 {
  background-color: #dec720;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec720 {
  border: 2px solid #dec720;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec720;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 199 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec720 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec720, #96de20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec720 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 199 32 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.51 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.69 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.15 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.26 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.43 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.47 #2138df Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec720  rgb(222, 199, 32)  hsl(53, 75%, 50%)  Citrine
#2037de  rgb(32, 55, 222)  hsl(233, 75%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#20dec7  rgb(32, 222, 199)  hsl(173, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#c720de  rgb(199, 32, 222)  hsl(293, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple