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#ECD614

#ecd614 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd614 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 83.92% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.32% magenta, 91.53% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 53.89°, with 85.04% saturation and 50.2% 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 14.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.56.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6598

Complementary

  1. #ecd614
  2. #142aec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd614
  2. #1496ec
  3. #6a14ec

Analogous

  1. #ec6a14
  2. #ecd614
  3. #96ec14

Triadic

  1. #ecd614
  2. #14ecd6
  3. #d614ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd614
  2. #2aec14
  3. #142aec
  4. #d614ec

Square

  1. #ecd614
  2. #14ec6a
  3. #142aec
  4. #ec1496

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5608
  2. #a6970d
  3. #ecd614
  4. #f2e25b
  5. #f7efa2

Shades

#ecd614 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd614
  2. #d4c112
  3. #bdab10
  4. #a5960e
  5. #8e800c
  6. #766b0a
  7. #5e5608
  8. #474006
  9. #2f2b04
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd614 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd614
  2. #eeda2c
  3. #f0de43
  4. #f2e25b
  5. #f4e672
  6. #f6eb8a
  7. #f7efa1
  8. #f9f3b9
  9. #fbf7d0
  10. #fdfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd614 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd614
  2. #e1cd1f
  3. #d6c52a
  4. #ccbc34
  5. #c1b43f
  6. #b6ab4a
  7. #aba255
  8. #a09a60
  9. #96916a
  10. #8b8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ded5a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebcf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2d82d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc5b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecd200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efd725 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8cc92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd614 {
  color: #ecd614;
}
Background
.bg-ecd614 {
  background-color: #ecd614;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd614 {
  border: 2px solid #ecd614;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd614;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 214 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 85% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd614 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd614, #96ec14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd614 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 214 20 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.56 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.90 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.43 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.46 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.44 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.53 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.35 #1329eb Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecd614  rgb(236, 214, 20)  hsl(54, 85%, 50%)  Citrine
#142aec  rgb(20, 42, 236)  hsl(234, 85%, 50%)  Blue
#14ecd6  rgb(20, 236, 214)  hsl(174, 85%, 50%)  Turquoise
#d614ec  rgb(214, 20, 236)  hsl(294, 85%, 50%)  Electric Purple