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#DEC72D

#dec72d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec72d 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 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.36% magenta, 79.73% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 52.2°, 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5657

Complementary

  1. #dec72d
  2. #2d44de

Split complementary

  1. #dec72d
  2. #2d9dde
  3. #6e2dde

Analogous

  1. #de6e2d
  2. #dec72d
  3. #9dde2d

Triadic

  1. #dec72d
  2. #2ddec7
  3. #c72dde

Tetradic

  1. #dec72d
  2. #44de2d
  3. #2d44de
  4. #c72dde

Square

  1. #dec72d
  2. #2dde6e
  3. #2d44de
  4. #de2d9d

Monochromatic

  1. #63580f
  2. #a5931a
  3. #dec72d
  4. #e8d96f
  5. #f3eab1

Shades

#dec72d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec72d
  2. #c8b329
  3. #b29f24
  4. #9b8b20
  5. #85771b
  6. #6f6417
  7. #595012
  8. #433c0e
  9. #2c2809
  10. #161405
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec72d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec72d
  2. #e1cd42
  3. #e5d257
  4. #e8d86c
  5. #ebdd81
  6. #efe396
  7. #f2e9ab
  8. #f5eec0
  9. #f8f4d5
  10. #fcf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec72d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec72d
  2. #d5c035
  3. #cbb93e
  4. #c2b246
  5. #b8ab4e
  6. #afa457
  7. #a69c5f
  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 #dcc418 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0c935 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9be8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec72d {
  color: #dec72d;
}
Background
.bg-dec72d {
  background-color: #dec72d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec72d {
  border: 2px solid #dec72d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec72d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 199 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec72d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec72d, #9dde2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec72d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 199 45 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.95 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.29 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.10 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.28 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.50 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.55 #2138d2 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec72d  rgb(222, 199, 45)  hsl(52, 73%, 52%)  Citrine
#2d44de  rgb(45, 68, 222)  hsl(232, 73%, 52%)  Iris
#2ddec7  rgb(45, 222, 199)  hsl(172, 73%, 52%)  Turquoise
#c72dde  rgb(199, 45, 222)  hsl(292, 73%, 52%)  Electric Purple