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#E2CA1E

#e2ca1e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2ca1e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 79.22% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.62% magenta, 86.73% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 52.65°, with 77.17% saturation and 50.2% 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 12.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.585

Complementary

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #1e36e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #1e98e2
  3. #681ee2

Analogous

  1. #e2681e
  2. #e2ca1e
  3. #98e21e

Triadic

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #1ee2ca
  3. #ca1ee2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #36e21e
  3. #1e36e2
  4. #ca1ee2

Square

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #1ee268
  3. #1e36e2
  4. #e21e98

Monochromatic

  1. #5b520c
  2. #9f8e14
  3. #e2ca1e
  4. #ebda62
  5. #f3eaa6

Shades

#e2ca1e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #cbb61b
  3. #b5a218
  4. #9e8d15
  5. #887912
  6. #71650f
  7. #5a510c
  8. #443d09
  9. #2d2806
  10. #171403
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ca1e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #e5cf35
  3. #e8d54b
  4. #ebda62
  5. #eedf78
  6. #f1e58f
  7. #f3eaa5
  8. #f6efbc
  9. #f9f4d2
  10. #fcfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ca1e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ca1e
  2. #d8c328
  3. #cebb32
  4. #c5b43b
  5. #bbac45
  6. #b1a54f
  7. #a79e59
  8. #9d9663
  9. #948f6c
  10. #8a8776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4c9a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e5cd2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4baad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0c600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4cc29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #edc18a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ca1e {
  color: #e2ca1e;
}
Background
.bg-e2ca1e {
  background-color: #e2ca1e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ca1e {
  border: 2px solid #e2ca1e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ca1e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 202 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 77% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ca1e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ca1e, #98e21e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ca1e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 202 30 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.87 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.58 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.48 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.50 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.69 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.76 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.80 #1d35e1 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Citrine
#e2ca1e  rgb(226, 202, 30)  hsl(53, 77%, 50%)  Citrine
#1e36e2  rgb(30, 54, 226)  hsl(233, 77%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#1ee2ca  rgb(30, 226, 202)  hsl(173, 77%, 50%)  Turquoise
#ca1ee2  rgb(202, 30, 226)  hsl(293, 77%, 50%)  Electric Purple