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#E6CC2F

#e6cc2f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6cc2f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 80% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.3% magenta, 79.57% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 51.48°, with 78.54% saturation and 54.31% 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.4.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6021

Complementary

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #2f49e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #2fa4e6
  3. #712fe6

Analogous

  1. #e6712f
  2. #e6cc2f
  3. #a4e62f

Triadic

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #2fe6cc
  3. #cc2fe6

Tetradic

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #49e62f
  3. #2f49e6
  4. #cc2fe6

Square

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #2fe671
  3. #2f49e6
  4. #e62fa4

Monochromatic

  1. #6f610d
  2. #b39d16
  3. #e6cc2f
  4. #eedd73
  5. #f6edb8

Shades

#e6cc2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #cfb82a
  3. #b8a326
  4. #a18f21
  5. #8a7a1c
  6. #736618
  7. #5c5213
  8. #453d0e
  9. #2e2909
  10. #171405
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6cc2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #e9d144
  3. #ebd659
  4. #eedb6d
  5. #f0e082
  6. #f3e697
  7. #f5ebac
  8. #f8f0c1
  9. #faf5d5
  10. #fdfaea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6cc2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6cc2f
  2. #dcc437
  3. #d2bd3f
  4. #c7b547
  5. #bdae4f
  6. #b3a658
  7. #a99e60
  8. #9f9768
  9. #948f70
  10. #8a8878
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7cca4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1c700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8d03b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8bcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3c91a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7ce37 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1c38e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6cc2f {
  color: #e6cc2f;
}
Background
.bg-e6cc2f {
  background-color: #e6cc2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6cc2f {
  border: 2px solid #e6cc2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6cc2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 204 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6cc2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6cc2f, #a4e62f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6cc2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 204 47 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.40 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.13 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.93 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.06 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.14 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.23 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.29 #1933d0 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Citrine
#e6cc2f  rgb(230, 204, 47)  hsl(51, 79%, 54%)  Citrine
#2f49e6  rgb(47, 73, 230)  hsl(231, 79%, 54%)  Iris
#2fe6cc  rgb(47, 230, 204)  hsl(171, 79%, 54%)  Turquoise
#cc2fe6  rgb(204, 47, 230)  hsl(291, 79%, 54%)  Medium Orchid