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#E5CE15

#e5ce15 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e5ce15 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 80.78% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.04% magenta, 90.83% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 53.37°, with 83.2% saturation and 49.02% 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 13.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 0.89.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6085

Complementary

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #152ce5

Split complementary

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #1594e5
  3. #6615e5

Analogous

  1. #e56615
  2. #e5ce15
  3. #94e515

Triadic

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #15e5ce
  3. #ce15e5

Tetradic

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #2ce515
  3. #152ce5
  4. #ce15e5

Square

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #15e566
  3. #152ce5
  4. #e51594

Monochromatic

  1. #595008
  2. #9f8f0f
  3. #e5ce15
  4. #f0df57
  5. #f6ec9d

Shades

#e5ce15 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #ceb913
  3. #b7a511
  4. #a0900f
  5. #897c0d
  6. #73670b
  7. #5c5208
  8. #453e06
  9. #2e2904
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5ce15 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #e8d32c
  3. #ead844
  4. #eddd5b
  5. #efe273
  6. #f2e78a
  7. #f5eba1
  8. #f7f0b9
  9. #faf5d0
  10. #fcfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5ce15 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5ce15
  2. #dbc620
  3. #d1be2a
  4. #c7b735
  5. #bdaf40
  6. #b3a74b
  7. #a89f55
  8. #9e9760
  9. #94906b
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7cda3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3c800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8beb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8d024 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0c58c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5ce15 {
  color: #e5ce15;
}
Background
.bg-e5ce15 {
  background-color: #e5ce15;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5ce15 {
  border: 2px solid #e5ce15;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5ce15;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 206 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 83% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5ce15 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5ce15, #94e515);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5ce15 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 206 21 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 0.89 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.54 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.79 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.89 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.91 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.98 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.49 #1a31ea Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#e5ce15  rgb(229, 206, 21)  hsl(53, 83%, 49%)  Citrine
#152ce5  rgb(21, 44, 229)  hsl(233, 83%, 49%)  Blue
#15e5ce  rgb(21, 229, 206)  hsl(173, 83%, 49%)  Turquoise
#ce15e5  rgb(206, 21, 229)  hsl(293, 83%, 49%)  Electric Purple