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#e8cd1d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8cd1d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 80.39% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.64% magenta, 87.5% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 52.02°, with 81.53% saturation and 51.18% 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 13.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.91.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6091

Complementary

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #1d38e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #1d9ee8
  3. #681de8

Analogous

  1. #e8681d
  2. #e8cd1d
  3. #9ee81d

Triadic

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #1de8cd
  3. #cd1de8

Tetradic

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #38e81d
  3. #1d38e8
  4. #cd1de8

Square

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #1de868
  3. #1d38e8
  4. #e81d9e

Monochromatic

  1. #62560a
  2. #a79311
  3. #e8cd1d
  4. #efdc62
  5. #f6eca8

Shades

#e8cd1d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #d1b91a
  3. #baa417
  4. #a29014
  5. #8b7b11
  6. #74670f
  7. #5d520c
  8. #463e09
  9. #2e2906
  10. #171503
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8cd1d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #ead234
  3. #edd74a
  4. #efdc61
  5. #f1e177
  6. #f4e68e
  7. #f6eba5
  8. #f8f0bb
  9. #faf5d2
  10. #fdfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8cd1d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8cd1d
  2. #dec527
  3. #d3be31
  4. #c9b63b
  5. #beae45
  6. #b4a74f
  7. #aa9f58
  8. #9f9762
  9. #958f6c
  10. #8a8876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8cda4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead12f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbbdaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9cf29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4c38c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8cd1d {
  color: #e8cd1d;
}
Background
.bg-e8cd1d {
  background-color: #e8cd1d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8cd1d {
  border: 2px solid #e8cd1d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8cd1d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 205 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 82% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8cd1d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8cd1d, #9ee81d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8cd1d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 205 29 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.91 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.78 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.35 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.68 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.72 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.77 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 5.12 #1732e2 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#e8cd1d  rgb(232, 205, 29)  hsl(52, 82%, 51%)  Citrine
#1d38e8  rgb(29, 56, 232)  hsl(232, 82%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#1de8cd  rgb(29, 232, 205)  hsl(172, 82%, 51%)  Turquoise
#cd1de8  rgb(205, 29, 232)  hsl(292, 82%, 51%)  Electric Purple