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#DEC72C

#dec72c ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec72c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.36% magenta, 80.18% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.25°, with 72.95% saturation and 52.16% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.91.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5656

Complementary

  1. #dec72c
  2. #2c43de

Split complementary

  1. #dec72c
  2. #2c9cde
  3. #6e2cde

Analogous

  1. #de6e2c
  2. #dec72c
  3. #9cde2c

Triadic

  1. #dec72c
  2. #2cdec7
  3. #c72cde

Tetradic

  1. #dec72c
  2. #43de2c
  3. #2c43de
  4. #c72cde

Square

  1. #dec72c
  2. #2cde6e
  3. #2c43de
  4. #de2c9c

Monochromatic

  1. #62570f
  2. #a4921a
  3. #dec72c
  4. #e8d96e
  5. #f3eab0

Shades

#dec72c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec72c
  2. #c8b328
  3. #b29f23
  4. #9b8b1f
  5. #85771a
  6. #6f6416
  7. #595012
  8. #433c0d
  9. #2c2809
  10. #161404
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec72c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec72c
  2. #e1cd41
  3. #e5d256
  4. #e8d86b
  5. #ebdd80
  6. #efe396
  7. #f2e9ab
  8. #f5eec0
  9. #f8f4d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec72c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec72c
  2. #d5c034
  3. #cbb93d
  4. #c2b245
  5. #b8ab4e
  6. #afa456
  7. #a69c5e
  8. #9c9567
  9. #938e6f
  10. #898778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c6a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1ca39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b8ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcc416 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c934 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9be8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec72c {
  color: #dec72c;
}
Background
.bg-dec72c {
  background-color: #dec72c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec72c {
  border: 2px solid #dec72c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec72c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 199 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec72c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec72c, #9cde2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec72c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 199 44 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.91 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.11 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.32 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.13 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.26 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.48 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.57 #2138d3 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec72c  rgb(222, 199, 44)  hsl(52, 73%, 52%)  Citrine
#2c43de  rgb(44, 67, 222)  hsl(232, 73%, 52%)  Iris
#2cdec7  rgb(44, 222, 199)  hsl(172, 73%, 52%)  Turquoise
#c72cde  rgb(199, 44, 222)  hsl(292, 73%, 52%)  Electric Purple