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#EAD60F

#ead60f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ead60f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 83.92% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.55% magenta, 93.59% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 54.52°, with 87.95% saturation and 48.82% 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 14.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.42.

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Relative luminance0.6562

Complementary

  1. #ead60f
  2. #0f23ea

Split complementary

  1. #ead60f
  2. #0f90ea
  3. #680fea

Analogous

  1. #ea680f
  2. #ead60f
  3. #90ea0f

Triadic

  1. #ead60f
  2. #0fead6
  3. #d60fea

Tetradic

  1. #ead60f
  2. #23ea0f
  3. #0f23ea
  4. #d60fea

Square

  1. #ead60f
  2. #0fea68
  3. #0f23ea
  4. #ea0f90

Monochromatic

  1. #5a5206
  2. #a2940a
  3. #ead60f
  4. #f4e552
  5. #f8f099

Shades

#ead60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ead60f
  2. #d3c10e
  3. #bbab0c
  4. #a4960b
  5. #8c8009
  6. #756b08
  7. #5e5606
  8. #464005
  9. #2f2b03
  10. #171502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ead60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ead60f
  2. #ecda27
  3. #eede3f
  4. #f0e257
  5. #f2e66f
  6. #f5eb87
  7. #f7ef9f
  8. #f9f3b7
  9. #fbf7cf
  10. #fdfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ead60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ead60f
  2. #dfcd1a
  3. #d5c526
  4. #cabc31
  5. #c0b43c
  6. #b5ab48
  7. #aaa253
  8. #a09a5e
  9. #959169
  10. #8b8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ddd5a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebcf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1d72b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fdc6b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebd200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eed722 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6cc91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ead60f {
  color: #ead60f;
}
Background
.bg-ead60f {
  background-color: #ead60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ead60f {
  border: 2px solid #ead60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ead60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 214 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ead60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ead60f, #90ea0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ead60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 214 15 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.42 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.74 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.79 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.82 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.25 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.91 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.42 #1529f0 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ead60f  rgb(234, 214, 15)  hsl(55, 88%, 49%)  Citrine
#0f23ea  rgb(15, 35, 234)  hsl(235, 88%, 49%)  Blue
#0fead6  rgb(15, 234, 214)  hsl(175, 88%, 49%)  Turquoise
#d60fea  rgb(214, 15, 234)  hsl(295, 88%, 49%)  Electric Purple