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#DEC80A

#dec80a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dec80a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.43% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.91% magenta, 95.5% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 53.77°, 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 12.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.5686

Complementary

  1. #dec80a
  2. #0a20de

Split complementary

  1. #dec80a
  2. #0a8ade
  3. #5e0ade

Analogous

  1. #de5e0a
  2. #dec80a
  3. #8ade0a

Triadic

  1. #dec80a
  2. #0adec8
  3. #c80ade

Tetradic

  1. #dec80a
  2. #20de0a
  3. #0a20de
  4. #c80ade

Square

  1. #dec80a
  2. #0ade5e
  3. #0a20de
  4. #de0a8a

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4403
  2. #958607
  3. #dec80a
  4. #f6e33e
  5. #faee87

Shades

#dec80a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec80a
  2. #c8b409
  3. #b2a008
  4. #9b8c07
  5. #857806
  6. #6f6405
  7. #595004
  8. #433c03
  9. #2c2802
  10. #161401
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec80a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec80a
  2. #e1ce23
  3. #e5d33b
  4. #e8d954
  5. #ebde6c
  6. #efe485
  7. #f2e99d
  8. #f5efb6
  9. #f8f4ce
  10. #fcfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec80a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec80a
  2. #d5c116
  3. #cbba22
  4. #c2b22d
  5. #b8ab39
  6. #afa445
  7. #a69d51
  8. #9c965d
  9. #938e68
  10. #898774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c79e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3ca26 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b8aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddc400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c91e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bf87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec80a {
  color: #dec80a;
}
Background
.bg-dec80a {
  background-color: #dec80a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec80a {
  border: 2px solid #dec80a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec80a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 200 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec80a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec80a, #8ade0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec80a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 200 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.97 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.17 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.85 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.10 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.33 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.37 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.38 #2137f5 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec80a  rgb(222, 200, 10)  hsl(54, 91%, 45%)  Citrine
#0a20de  rgb(10, 32, 222)  hsl(234, 91%, 45%)  Blue
#0adec8  rgb(10, 222, 200)  hsl(174, 91%, 45%)  Turquoise
#c80ade  rgb(200, 10, 222)  hsl(294, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple