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#E6D014

#e6d014 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e6d014 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 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 91.3% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 53.71°, with 84% 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 13.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 0.53.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6199

Complementary

  1. #e6d014
  2. #142ae6

Split complementary

  1. #e6d014
  2. #1493e6
  3. #6714e6

Analogous

  1. #e66714
  2. #e6d014
  3. #93e614

Triadic

  1. #e6d014
  2. #14e6d0
  3. #d014e6

Tetradic

  1. #e6d014
  2. #2ae614
  3. #142ae6
  4. #d014e6

Square

  1. #e6d014
  2. #14e667
  3. #142ae6
  4. #e61493

Monochromatic

  1. #595108
  2. #a0900e
  3. #e6d014
  4. #f0e056
  5. #f6ed9d

Shades

#e6d014 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6d014
  2. #cfbb12
  3. #b8a610
  4. #a1920e
  5. #8a7d0c
  6. #73680a
  7. #5c5308
  8. #453e06
  9. #2e2a04
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6d014 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6d014
  2. #e9d52c
  3. #ebd943
  4. #eede5b
  5. #f0e372
  6. #f3e88a
  7. #f5eca1
  8. #f8f1b9
  9. #faf6d0
  10. #fdfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6d014 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6d014
  2. #dcc81f
  3. #d2c02a
  4. #c7b834
  5. #bdb03f
  6. #b3a84a
  7. #a9a055
  8. #9f9860
  9. #94906a
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cfa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd22b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9c0b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5cc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d124 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1c78d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6d014 {
  color: #e6d014;
}
Background
.bg-e6d014 {
  background-color: #e6d014;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6d014 {
  border: 2px solid #e6d014;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6d014;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 208 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 84% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6d014 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6d014, #93e614);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6d014 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 208 20 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 0.53 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.05 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.59 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.62 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.95 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.09 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.57 #192feb Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#e6d014  rgb(230, 208, 20)  hsl(54, 84%, 49%)  Citrine
#142ae6  rgb(20, 42, 230)  hsl(234, 84%, 49%)  Blue
#14e6d0  rgb(20, 230, 208)  hsl(174, 84%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d014e6  rgb(208, 20, 230)  hsl(294, 84%, 49%)  Electric Purple