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#E3D514

#e3d514 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e3d514 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.02% red, 83.53% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.17% magenta, 91.19% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 55.94°, with 83.81% saturation and 48.43% 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 13.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.73.

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Relative luminance0.6397

Complementary

  1. #e3d514
  2. #1422e3

Split complementary

  1. #e3d514
  2. #148ae3
  3. #6d14e3

Analogous

  1. #e36d14
  2. #e3d514
  3. #8ae314

Triadic

  1. #e3d514
  2. #14e3d5
  3. #d514e3

Tetradic

  1. #e3d514
  2. #22e314
  3. #1422e3
  4. #d514e3

Square

  1. #e3d514
  2. #14e36d
  3. #1422e3
  4. #e3148a

Monochromatic

  1. #565108
  2. #9d930e
  3. #e3d514
  4. #f0e554
  5. #f6f09a

Shades

#e3d514 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e3d514
  2. #ccc012
  3. #b6aa10
  4. #9f950e
  5. #88800c
  6. #726b0a
  7. #5b5508
  8. #444006
  9. #2d2b04
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#e3d514 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e3d514
  2. #e6d92c
  3. #e9dd43
  4. #ebe25b
  5. #eee672
  6. #f1ea8a
  7. #f4eea1
  8. #f7f2b9
  9. #f9f7d0
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e3d514 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e3d514
  2. #d9cd1f
  3. #cfc42a
  4. #c5bc34
  5. #bbb33f
  6. #b2ab4a
  7. #a8a255
  8. #9e9a60
  9. #94916a
  10. #8a8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d3a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9cd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eed52d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5c5b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ead525 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eecc91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e3d514 {
  color: #e3d514;
}
Background
.bg-e3d514 {
  background-color: #e3d514;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e3d514 {
  border: 2px solid #e3d514;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e3d514;
  --color-primary-rgb: 227 213 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 84% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e3d514 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3d514, #8ae314);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e3d514 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(227 213 20 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.73 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.82 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.00 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.05 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.26 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.82 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.09 #1c2aeb Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#e3d514  rgb(227, 213, 20)  hsl(56, 84%, 48%)  Citrine
#1422e3  rgb(20, 34, 227)  hsl(236, 84%, 48%)  Blue
#14e3d5  rgb(20, 227, 213)  hsl(176, 84%, 48%)  Turquoise
#d514e3  rgb(213, 20, 227)  hsl(296, 84%, 48%)  Electric Purple