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#EAD73E

#ead73e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ead73e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 84.31% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.12% magenta, 73.5% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 53.37°, with 80.37% saturation and 58.04% 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 14.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6644

Complementary

  1. #ead73e
  2. #3e51ea

Split complementary

  1. #ead73e
  2. #3ea7ea
  3. #813eea

Analogous

  1. #ea813e
  2. #ead73e
  3. #a7ea3e

Triadic

  1. #ead73e
  2. #3eead7
  3. #d73eea

Tetradic

  1. #ead73e
  2. #51ea3e
  3. #3e51ea
  4. #d73eea

Square

  1. #ead73e
  2. #3eea81
  3. #3e51ea
  4. #ea3ea7

Monochromatic

  1. #81740e
  2. #c6b216
  3. #ead73e
  4. #f2e583
  5. #f9f4c8

Shades

#ead73e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ead73e
  2. #d3c238
  3. #bbac32
  4. #a4972b
  5. #8c8125
  6. #756c1f
  7. #5e5619
  8. #464113
  9. #2f2b0c
  10. #171606
  11. #000000

Tints

#ead73e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ead73e
  2. #ecdb51
  3. #eedf65
  4. #f0e378
  5. #f2e78b
  6. #f5eb9f
  7. #f7efb2
  8. #f9f3c5
  9. #fbf7d8
  10. #fdfbec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ead73e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ead73e
  2. #dfce45
  3. #d5c64b
  4. #cabd52
  5. #c0b458
  6. #b5ac5f
  7. #aaa366
  8. #a09a6c
  9. #959173
  10. #8b8979
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ded6ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebd020 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1d849 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcc8ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebd32f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eed845 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5ce98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ead73e {
  color: #ead73e;
}
Background
.bg-ead73e {
  background-color: #ead73e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ead73e {
  border: 2px solid #ead73e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ead73e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 215 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ead73e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ead73e, #a7ea3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ead73e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 215 62 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.66 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.79 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.99 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 4.60 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.93 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.97 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.13 #1528c1 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ead73e  rgb(234, 215, 62)  hsl(53, 80%, 58%)  Citrine
#3e51ea  rgb(62, 81, 234)  hsl(233, 80%, 58%)  Majorelle Blue
#3eead7  rgb(62, 234, 215)  hsl(173, 80%, 58%)  Turquoise
#d73eea  rgb(215, 62, 234)  hsl(293, 80%, 58%)  Medium Orchid