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#E4CD07

#e4cd07 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4cd07 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 80.39% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.09% magenta, 96.93% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 53.76°, with 94.04% saturation and 46.08% 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 13.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 0.95.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6017

Complementary

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #071ee4

Split complementary

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #078ce4
  3. #5f07e4

Analogous

  1. #e45f07
  2. #e4cd07
  3. #8ce407

Triadic

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #07e4cd
  3. #cd07e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #1ee407
  3. #071ee4
  4. #cd07e4

Square

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #07e45f
  3. #071ee4
  4. #e4078c

Monochromatic

  1. #504802
  2. #9a8a05
  3. #e4cd07
  4. #f9e63e
  5. #fbef89

Shades

#e4cd07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #cdb906
  3. #b6a406
  4. #a09005
  5. #897b04
  6. #726704
  7. #5b5203
  8. #443e02
  9. #2e2901
  10. #171501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4cd07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #e7d220
  3. #e9d739
  4. #ecdc51
  5. #efe16a
  6. #f2e683
  7. #f4eb9c
  8. #f7f0b5
  9. #faf5cd
  10. #fcfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4cd07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4cd07
  2. #dac513
  3. #d0be1f
  4. #c6b62b
  5. #bcae37
  6. #b2a744
  7. #a89f50
  8. #9e975c
  9. #948f68
  10. #8a8874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6cca2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8d026 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7bdaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3c900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7cf1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efc38b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4cd07 {
  color: #e4cd07;
}
Background
.bg-e4cd07 {
  background-color: #e4cd07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4cd07 {
  border: 2px solid #e4cd07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4cd07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 205 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 94% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4cd07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4cd07, #8ce407);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4cd07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 205 7 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 0.95 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.78 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.81 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.04 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.07 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.13 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.55 #1b32f8 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#e4cd07  rgb(228, 205, 7)  hsl(54, 94%, 46%)  Citrine
#071ee4  rgb(7, 30, 228)  hsl(234, 94%, 46%)  Blue
#07e4cd  rgb(7, 228, 205)  hsl(174, 94%, 46%)  Turquoise
#cd07e4  rgb(205, 7, 228)  hsl(294, 94%, 46%)  Electric Purple