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#ECD008

#ecd008 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd008 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 81.57% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.86% magenta, 96.61% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 52.63°, with 93.44% saturation and 47.84% 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 1.97.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6296

Complementary

  1. #ecd008
  2. #0824ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd008
  2. #0896ec
  3. #5e08ec

Analogous

  1. #ec5e08
  2. #ecd008
  3. #96ec08

Triadic

  1. #ecd008
  2. #08ecd0
  3. #d008ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd008
  2. #24ec08
  3. #0824ec
  4. #d008ec

Square

  1. #ecd008
  2. #08ec5e
  3. #0824ec
  4. #ec0896

Monochromatic

  1. #584e03
  2. #a28f05
  3. #ecd008
  4. #f9e348
  5. #fbee92

Shades

#ecd008 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd008
  2. #d4bb07
  3. #bda606
  4. #a59206
  5. #8e7d05
  6. #766804
  7. #5e5303
  8. #473e02
  9. #2f2a02
  10. #181501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd008 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd008
  2. #eed521
  3. #f0d939
  4. #f2de52
  5. #f4e36b
  6. #f6e884
  7. #f7ec9c
  8. #f9f1b5
  9. #fbf6ce
  10. #fdfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd008 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd008
  2. #e1c814
  3. #d6c020
  4. #ccb82c
  5. #c1b038
  6. #b6a844
  7. #aba050
  8. #a0985c
  9. #969068
  10. #8b8874
  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 #dcd0a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd426 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbfb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd21e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8c68d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd008 {
  color: #ecd008;
}
Background
.bg-ecd008 {
  background-color: #ecd008;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd008 {
  border: 2px solid #ecd008;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd008;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 208 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd008 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd008, #96ec08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd008 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 208 8 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.97 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.55 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.75 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.78 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.02 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.08 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.72 #132ff7 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecd008  rgb(236, 208, 8)  hsl(53, 93%, 48%)  Citrine
#0824ec  rgb(8, 36, 236)  hsl(233, 93%, 48%)  Blue
#08ecd0  rgb(8, 236, 208)  hsl(173, 93%, 48%)  Turquoise
#d008ec  rgb(208, 8, 236)  hsl(293, 93%, 48%)  Electric Purple