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#EAD42E

#ead42e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ead42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 83.14% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.4% magenta, 80.34% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 52.98°, with 81.74% saturation and 54.9% 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 13.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.61.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6478

Complementary

  1. #ead42e
  2. #2e44ea

Split complementary

  1. #ead42e
  2. #2ea2ea
  3. #762eea

Analogous

  1. #ea762e
  2. #ead42e
  3. #a2ea2e

Triadic

  1. #ead42e
  2. #2eead4
  3. #d42eea

Tetradic

  1. #ead42e
  2. #44ea2e
  3. #2e44ea
  4. #d42eea

Square

  1. #ead42e
  2. #2eea76
  3. #2e44ea
  4. #ea2ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #73670c
  2. #b9a513
  3. #ead42e
  4. #f1e274
  5. #f8f1b9

Shades

#ead42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ead42e
  2. #d3bf29
  3. #bbaa25
  4. #a49420
  5. #8c7f1c
  6. #756a17
  7. #5e5512
  8. #46400e
  9. #2f2a09
  10. #171505
  11. #000000

Tints

#ead42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ead42e
  2. #ecd843
  3. #eedd58
  4. #f0e16d
  5. #f2e582
  6. #f5ea97
  7. #f7eeab
  8. #f9f2c0
  9. #fbf6d5
  10. #fdfbea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ead42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ead42e
  2. #dfcc36
  3. #d5c33e
  4. #cabb47
  5. #c0b24f
  6. #b5aa57
  7. #aaa25f
  8. #a09967
  9. #959170
  10. #8b8878
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd3aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9ce00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efd63c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcc4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9d015 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd537 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5cb93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ead42e {
  color: #ead42e;
}
Background
.bg-ead42e {
  background-color: #ead42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ead42e {
  border: 2px solid #ead42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ead42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 212 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ead42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ead42e, #a2ea2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ead42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 212 46 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.61 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.25 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.77 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.28 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.85 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.89 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.18 #152bd1 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ead42e  rgb(234, 212, 46)  hsl(53, 82%, 55%)  Citrine
#2e44ea  rgb(46, 68, 234)  hsl(233, 82%, 55%)  Iris
#2eead4  rgb(46, 234, 212)  hsl(173, 82%, 55%)  Turquoise
#d42eea  rgb(212, 46, 234)  hsl(293, 82%, 55%)  Medium Orchid