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#E6D00A

#e6d00a ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6d00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 81.57% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 95.65% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 54°, with 91.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 13.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 0.49.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6196

Complementary

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #0a20e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #0a8ee6
  3. #620ae6

Analogous

  1. #e6620a
  2. #e6d00a
  3. #8ee60a

Triadic

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #0ae6d0
  3. #d00ae6

Tetradic

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #20e60a
  3. #0a20e6
  4. #d00ae6

Square

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #0ae662
  3. #0a20e6
  4. #e60a8e

Monochromatic

  1. #534b04
  2. #9d8e07
  3. #e6d00a
  4. #f7e546
  5. #faef8f

Shades

#e6d00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #cfbb09
  3. #b8a608
  4. #a19207
  5. #8a7d06
  6. #736805
  7. #5c5304
  8. #453e03
  9. #2e2a02
  10. #171501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6d00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #e9d523
  3. #ebd93b
  4. #eede54
  5. #f0e36c
  6. #f3e885
  7. #f5ec9d
  8. #f8f1b6
  9. #faf6ce
  10. #fdfae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6d00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6d00a
  2. #dcc816
  3. #d2c022
  4. #c7b82d
  5. #bdb039
  6. #b3a845
  7. #a9a051
  8. #9f985d
  9. #949068
  10. #8a8874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd227 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9c0b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5cc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d11f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1c68d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6d00a {
  color: #e6d00a;
}
Background
.bg-e6d00a {
  background-color: #e6d00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6d00a {
  border: 2px solid #e6d00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6d00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 208 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6d00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6d00a, #8ee60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6d00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 208 10 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 0.49 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.08 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.56 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.61 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.91 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.11 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.55 #192ff5 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#e6d00a  rgb(230, 208, 10)  hsl(54, 92%, 47%)  Citrine
#0a20e6  rgb(10, 32, 230)  hsl(234, 92%, 47%)  Blue
#0ae6d0  rgb(10, 230, 208)  hsl(174, 92%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d00ae6  rgb(208, 10, 230)  hsl(294, 92%, 47%)  Electric Purple