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#E4D00A

#e4d00a Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4d00a (Citrine) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 81.57% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.77% magenta, 95.61% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 54.5°, with 91.6% saturation and 46.67% 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 13.33:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.6163

Complementary

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #0a1ee4

Split complementary

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #0a8be4
  3. #630ae4

Analogous

  1. #e4630a
  2. #e4d00a
  3. #8be40a

Triadic

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #0ae4d0
  3. #d00ae4

Tetradic

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #1ee40a
  3. #0a1ee4
  4. #d00ae4

Square

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #0ae463
  3. #0a1ee4
  4. #e40a8b

Monochromatic

  1. #514a04
  2. #9b8d07
  3. #e4d00a
  4. #f7e644
  5. #faf08d

Shades

#e4d00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #cdbb09
  3. #b6a608
  4. #a09207
  5. #897d06
  6. #726805
  7. #5b5304
  8. #443e03
  9. #2e2a02
  10. #171501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4d00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #e7d523
  3. #e9d93b
  4. #ecde54
  5. #efe36c
  6. #f2e885
  7. #f4ec9d
  8. #f7f1b6
  9. #faf6ce
  10. #fcfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4d00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4d00a
  2. #dac816
  3. #d0c022
  4. #c6b82d
  5. #bcb039
  6. #b2a845
  7. #a8a051
  8. #9e985d
  9. #949068
  10. #8a8874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7cfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd228 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6c0b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4cc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8d11f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efc78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4d00a {
  color: #e4d00a;
}
Background
.bg-e4d00a {
  background-color: #e4d00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4d00a {
  border: 2px solid #e4d00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4d00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 208 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4d00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4d00a, #8be40a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4d00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 208 10 / 0.35);
}

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Citrine
#e4d00a  rgb(228, 208, 10)  hsl(55, 92%, 47%)  Citrine
#0a1ee4  rgb(10, 30, 228)  hsl(235, 92%, 47%)  Blue
#0ae4d0  rgb(10, 228, 208)  hsl(175, 92%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d00ae4  rgb(208, 10, 228)  hsl(295, 92%, 47%)  Electric Purple