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#E6CA2B

#e6ca2b ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6ca2b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 79.22% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.17% magenta, 81.3% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 51.02°, with 78.9% saturation and 53.53% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.82.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.5924

Complementary

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #2b47e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #2ba4e6
  3. #6d2be6

Analogous

  1. #e66d2b
  2. #e6ca2b
  3. #a4e62b

Triadic

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #2be6ca
  3. #ca2be6

Tetradic

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #47e62b
  3. #2b47e6
  4. #ca2be6

Square

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #2be66d
  3. #2b47e6
  4. #e62ba4

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5d0d
  2. #b09915
  3. #e6ca2b
  4. #eedb6f
  5. #f6ecb4

Shades

#e6ca2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #cfb627
  3. #b8a222
  4. #a18d1e
  5. #8a791a
  6. #736516
  7. #5c5111
  8. #453d0d
  9. #2e2809
  10. #171404
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6ca2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #e9cf40
  3. #ebd555
  4. #eeda6b
  5. #f0df80
  6. #f3e595
  7. #f5eaaa
  8. #f8efbf
  9. #faf4d5
  10. #fdfaea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6ca2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6ca2b
  2. #dcc334
  3. #d2bb3c
  4. #c7b445
  5. #bdac4d
  6. #b3a556
  7. #a99e5e
  8. #9f9667
  9. #948f6f
  10. #8a8778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6caa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfc500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6ce38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9baad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2c712 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6cd33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1c18c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6ca2b {
  color: #e6ca2b;
}
Background
.bg-e6ca2b {
  background-color: #e6ca2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6ca2b {
  border: 2px solid #e6ca2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6ca2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 202 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6ca2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6ca2b, #a4e62b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6ca2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 202 43 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.82 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.64 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.96 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.05 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.15 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.35 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.43 #1935d4 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Citrine
#e6ca2b  rgb(230, 202, 43)  hsl(51, 79%, 54%)  Citrine
#2b47e6  rgb(43, 71, 230)  hsl(231, 79%, 54%)  Iris
#2be6ca  rgb(43, 230, 202)  hsl(171, 79%, 54%)  Turquoise
#ca2be6  rgb(202, 43, 230)  hsl(291, 79%, 54%)  Electric Purple