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#ECD024

#ecd024 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd024 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.86% magenta, 84.75% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 51.6°, with 84.03% saturation and 53.33% 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 13.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.15.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6307

Complementary

  1. #ecd024
  2. #2440ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd024
  2. #24a4ec
  3. #6c24ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6c24
  2. #ecd024
  3. #a4ec24

Triadic

  1. #ecd024
  2. #24ecd0
  3. #d024ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd024
  2. #40ec24
  3. #2440ec
  4. #d024ec

Square

  1. #ecd024
  2. #24ec6c
  3. #2440ec
  4. #ec24a4

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5f0a
  2. #b49d10
  3. #ecd024
  4. #f2df6a
  5. #f8eeb1

Shades

#ecd024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd024
  2. #d4bb20
  3. #bda61d
  4. #a59219
  5. #8e7d16
  6. #766812
  7. #5e530e
  8. #473e0b
  9. #2f2a07
  10. #181504
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd024
  2. #eed53a
  3. #f0d950
  4. #f2de66
  5. #f4e37c
  6. #f6e892
  7. #f7eca7
  8. #f9f1bd
  9. #fbf6d3
  10. #fdfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd024
  2. #e1c82d
  3. #d6c036
  4. #ccb840
  5. #c1b049
  6. #b6a852
  7. #aba05b
  8. #a09864
  9. #96906e
  10. #8b8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcd0a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd434 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbfb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd32e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8c68f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd024 {
  color: #ecd024;
}
Background
.bg-ecd024 {
  background-color: #ecd024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd024 {
  border: 2px solid #ecd024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 208 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd024, #a4ec24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 208 36 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.15 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.65 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.77 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.95 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.10 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.21 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.69 #132fdb Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecd024  rgb(236, 208, 36)  hsl(52, 84%, 53%)  Citrine
#2440ec  rgb(36, 64, 236)  hsl(232, 84%, 53%)  Iris
#24ecd0  rgb(36, 236, 208)  hsl(172, 84%, 53%)  Turquoise
#d024ec  rgb(208, 36, 236)  hsl(292, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple