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#EAD040

#ead040 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ead040 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 81.57% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 72.65% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 50.82°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 13.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6297

Complementary

  1. #ead040
  2. #405aea

Split complementary

  1. #ead040
  2. #40afea
  3. #7b40ea

Analogous

  1. #ea7b40
  2. #ead040
  3. #afea40

Triadic

  1. #ead040
  2. #40ead0
  3. #d040ea

Tetradic

  1. #ead040
  2. #5aea40
  3. #405aea
  4. #d040ea

Square

  1. #ead040
  2. #40ea7b
  3. #405aea
  4. #ea40af

Monochromatic

  1. #83710e
  2. #c8ac16
  3. #ead040
  4. #f2e185
  5. #f9f2ca

Shades

#ead040 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ead040
  2. #d3bb3a
  3. #bba633
  4. #a4922d
  5. #8c7d26
  6. #756820
  7. #5e531a
  8. #463e13
  9. #2f2a0d
  10. #171506
  11. #000000

Tints

#ead040 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ead040
  2. #ecd553
  3. #eed966
  4. #f0de79
  5. #f2e38c
  6. #f5e8a0
  7. #f7ecb3
  8. #f9f1c6
  9. #fbf6d9
  10. #fdfaec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ead040 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ead040
  2. #dfc846
  3. #d5c04d
  4. #cab853
  5. #c0b05a
  6. #b5a860
  7. #aaa066
  8. #a0986d
  9. #959073
  10. #8b887a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbd0a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4cb27 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd449 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcc0b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7cd33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebd246 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5c793 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ead040 {
  color: #ead040;
}
Background
.bg-ead040 {
  background-color: #ead040;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ead040 {
  border: 2px solid #ead040;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ead040;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 208 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ead040 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ead040, #afea40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ead040 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 208 64 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.12 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 3.68 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.15 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.50 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.57 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.96 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 5.07 #152fbf Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ead040  rgb(234, 208, 64)  hsl(51, 80%, 58%)  Citrine
#405aea  rgb(64, 90, 234)  hsl(231, 80%, 58%)  Ultramarine Blue
#40ead0  rgb(64, 234, 208)  hsl(171, 80%, 58%)  Turquoise
#d040ea  rgb(208, 64, 234)  hsl(291, 80%, 58%)  Medium Orchid