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#DEC820

#dec820 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dec820 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 78.43% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.91% magenta, 85.59% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 53.05°, 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 12.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5694

Complementary

  1. #dec820
  2. #2036de

Split complementary

  1. #dec820
  2. #2095de
  3. #6920de

Analogous

  1. #de6920
  2. #dec820
  3. #95de20

Triadic

  1. #dec820
  2. #20dec8
  3. #c820de

Tetradic

  1. #dec820
  2. #36de20
  3. #2036de
  4. #c820de

Square

  1. #dec820
  2. #20de69
  3. #2036de
  4. #de2095

Monochromatic

  1. #58500d
  2. #9b8c16
  3. #dec820
  4. #e8d962
  5. #f2e9a5

Shades

#dec820 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dec820
  2. #c8b41d
  3. #b2a01a
  4. #9b8c16
  5. #857813
  6. #6f6410
  7. #59500d
  8. #433c0a
  9. #2c2806
  10. #161403
  11. #000000

Tints

#dec820 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dec820
  2. #e1ce36
  3. #e5d34d
  4. #e8d963
  5. #ebde79
  6. #efe490
  7. #f2e9a6
  8. #f5efbc
  9. #f8f4d2
  10. #fcfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dec820 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dec820
  2. #d5c12a
  3. #cbba33
  4. #c2b23d
  5. #b8ab46
  6. #afa450
  7. #a69d5a
  8. #9c9663
  9. #938e6d
  10. #898776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0c79f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2ca31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0b9ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddc400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e1c92b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9bf89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dec820 {
  color: #dec820;
}
Background
.bg-dec820 {
  background-color: #dec820;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dec820 {
  border: 2px solid #dec820;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dec820;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 200 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dec820 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dec820, #95de20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dec820 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 200 32 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.25 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.19 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.94 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.27 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.38 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.46 #2137df Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dec820  rgb(222, 200, 32)  hsl(53, 75%, 50%)  Citrine
#2036de  rgb(32, 54, 222)  hsl(233, 75%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#20dec8  rgb(32, 222, 200)  hsl(173, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#c820de  rgb(200, 32, 222)  hsl(293, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple