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#EAD116

#ead116 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ead116 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 81.96% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.68% magenta, 90.6% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 52.92°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 13.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.3.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6315

Complementary

  1. #ead116
  2. #162fea

Split complementary

  1. #ead116
  2. #1699ea
  3. #6716ea

Analogous

  1. #ea6716
  2. #ead116
  3. #99ea16

Triadic

  1. #ead116
  2. #16ead1
  3. #d116ea

Tetradic

  1. #ead116
  2. #2fea16
  3. #162fea
  4. #d116ea

Square

  1. #ead116
  2. #16ea67
  3. #162fea
  4. #ea1699

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5409
  2. #a5930f
  3. #ead116
  4. #f0df5c
  5. #f7eda2

Shades

#ead116 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ead116
  2. #d3bc14
  3. #bba712
  4. #a4920f
  5. #8c7d0d
  6. #75690b
  7. #5e5409
  8. #463f07
  9. #2f2a04
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ead116 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ead116
  2. #ecd62d
  3. #eeda45
  4. #f0df5c
  5. #f2e373
  6. #f5e88b
  7. #f7eda2
  8. #f9f1b9
  9. #fbf6d0
  10. #fdfae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ead116 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ead116
  2. #dfc921
  3. #d5c12b
  4. #cab936
  5. #c0b140
  6. #b5a94b
  7. #aaa056
  8. #a09860
  9. #95906b
  10. #8b8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbd0a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6cb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdc0b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecd325 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6c78e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ead116 {
  color: #ead116;
}
Background
.bg-ead116 {
  background-color: #ead116;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ead116 {
  border: 2px solid #ead116;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ead116;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 209 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ead116 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ead116, #99ea16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ead116 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 209 22 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.30 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.99 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.01 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.12 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.15 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.44 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.78 #152ee9 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ead116  rgb(234, 209, 22)  hsl(53, 83%, 50%)  Citrine
#162fea  rgb(22, 47, 234)  hsl(233, 83%, 50%)  Blue
#16ead1  rgb(22, 234, 209)  hsl(173, 83%, 50%)  Turquoise
#d116ea  rgb(209, 22, 234)  hsl(293, 83%, 50%)  Electric Purple