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#EDCE09

#edce09 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#edce09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 80.78% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.08% magenta, 96.2% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 51.84°, with 92.68% saturation and 48.24% 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.7.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6217

Complementary

  1. #edce09
  2. #0928ed

Split complementary

  1. #edce09
  2. #099aed
  3. #5c09ed

Analogous

  1. #ed5c09
  2. #edce09
  3. #9aed09

Triadic

  1. #edce09
  2. #09edce
  3. #ce09ed

Tetradic

  1. #edce09
  2. #28ed09
  3. #0928ed
  4. #ce09ed

Square

  1. #edce09
  2. #09ed5c
  3. #0928ed
  4. #ed099a

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4e03
  2. #a38e06
  3. #edce09
  4. #f8e14a
  5. #fbed94

Shades

#edce09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edce09
  2. #d5b908
  3. #bea507
  4. #a69006
  5. #8e7c05
  6. #776705
  7. #5f5204
  8. #473e03
  9. #2f2902
  10. #181501
  11. #000000

Tints

#edce09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edce09
  2. #efd322
  3. #f1d83a
  4. #f2dd53
  5. #f4e26b
  6. #f6e784
  7. #f8eb9d
  8. #faf0b5
  9. #fbf5ce
  10. #fdfae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edce09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edce09
  2. #e2c615
  3. #d7be21
  4. #ccb72d
  5. #c1af39
  6. #b7a745
  7. #ac9f50
  8. #a1975c
  9. #969068
  10. #8b8874
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbcea5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4c900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd326 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbdb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8cb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edd11d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9c48b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edce09 {
  color: #edce09;
}
Background
.bg-edce09 {
  background-color: #edce09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edce09 {
  border: 2px solid #edce09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edce09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 206 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edce09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edce09, #9aed09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edce09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 206 9 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.70 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.93 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 3.26 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.55 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 4.06 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 4.35 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 5.30 #1231f6 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Citrine
#edce09  rgb(237, 206, 9)  hsl(52, 93%, 48%)  Citrine
#0928ed  rgb(9, 40, 237)  hsl(232, 93%, 48%)  Blue
#09edce  rgb(9, 237, 206)  hsl(172, 93%, 48%)  Turquoise
#ce09ed  rgb(206, 9, 237)  hsl(292, 93%, 48%)  Electric Purple