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#E4D40F

#e4d40f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4d40f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 83.14% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.02% magenta, 93.42% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 55.49°, with 87.65% saturation and 47.65% 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 13.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.25.

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Relative luminance0.6362

Complementary

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #0f1fe4

Split complementary

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #0f8ae4
  3. #690fe4

Analogous

  1. #e4690f
  2. #e4d40f
  3. #8ae40f

Triadic

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #0fe4d4
  3. #d40fe4

Tetradic

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #1fe40f
  3. #0f1fe4
  4. #d40fe4

Square

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #0fe469
  3. #0f1fe4
  4. #e40f8a

Monochromatic

  1. #544f06
  2. #9c910a
  3. #e4d40f
  4. #f3e74c
  5. #f8f094

Shades

#e4d40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #cdbf0e
  3. #b6aa0c
  4. #a0940b
  5. #897f09
  6. #726a08
  7. #5b5506
  8. #444005
  9. #2e2a03
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4d40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #e7d827
  3. #e9dd3f
  4. #ece157
  5. #efe56f
  6. #f2ea87
  7. #f4ee9f
  8. #f7f2b7
  9. #faf6cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4d40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4d40f
  2. #dacc1a
  3. #d0c326
  4. #c6bb31
  5. #bcb23c
  6. #b2aa48
  7. #a8a253
  8. #9e995e
  9. #949169
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d2a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6c4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ead422 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efcb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4d40f {
  color: #e4d40f;
}
Background
.bg-e4d40f {
  background-color: #e4d40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4d40f {
  border: 2px solid #e4d40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4d40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 212 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 88% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4d40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4d40f, #8ae40f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4d40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 212 15 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.25 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.01 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.29 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.83 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.95 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.94 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.99 #1b2bf0 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#e4d40f  rgb(228, 212, 15)  hsl(55, 88%, 48%)  Citrine
#0f1fe4  rgb(15, 31, 228)  hsl(235, 88%, 48%)  Blue
#0fe4d4  rgb(15, 228, 212)  hsl(175, 88%, 48%)  Turquoise
#d40fe4  rgb(212, 15, 228)  hsl(295, 88%, 48%)  Electric Purple