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#E4D417

#e4d417 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4d417 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.02% magenta, 89.91% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 55.32°, with 81.67% saturation and 49.22% 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 13.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.27.

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Relative luminance0.6364

Complementary

  1. #e4d417
  2. #1727e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4d417
  2. #178ee4
  3. #6e17e4

Analogous

  1. #e46e17
  2. #e4d417
  3. #8ee417

Triadic

  1. #e4d417
  2. #17e4d4
  3. #d417e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4d417
  2. #27e417
  3. #1727e4
  4. #d417e4

Square

  1. #e4d417
  2. #17e46e
  3. #1727e4
  4. #e4178e

Monochromatic

  1. #595309
  2. #9f9310
  3. #e4d417
  4. #eee359
  5. #f5ef9f

Shades

#e4d417 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4d417
  2. #cdbf15
  3. #b6aa12
  4. #a09410
  5. #897f0e
  6. #726a0c
  7. #5b5509
  8. #444007
  9. #2e2a05
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4d417 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4d417
  2. #e7d82e
  3. #e9dd45
  4. #ece15d
  5. #efe574
  6. #f2ea8b
  7. #f4eea2
  8. #f7f2b9
  9. #faf6d1
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4d417 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4d417
  2. #dacc22
  3. #d0c32c
  4. #c6bb37
  5. #bcb241
  6. #b2aa4c
  7. #a8a256
  8. #9e9961
  9. #94916b
  10. #8a8876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d2a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6c4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ead427 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #efcb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4d417 {
  color: #e4d417;
}
Background
.bg-e4d417 {
  background-color: #e4d417;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4d417 {
  border: 2px solid #e4d417;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4d417;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 212 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 82% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4d417 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4d417, #8ee417);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4d417 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 212 23 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.27 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.97 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.34 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.81 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.01 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.00 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.02 #1b2be8 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#e4d417  rgb(228, 212, 23)  hsl(55, 82%, 49%)  Citrine
#1727e4  rgb(23, 39, 228)  hsl(235, 82%, 49%)  Blue
#17e4d4  rgb(23, 228, 212)  hsl(175, 82%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d417e4  rgb(212, 23, 228)  hsl(295, 82%, 49%)  Electric Purple