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#EDD515

#edd515 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#edd515 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 83.53% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.13% magenta, 91.14% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 53.33°, with 85.71% saturation and 50.59% 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 14.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.63.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6565

Complementary

  1. #edd515
  2. #152ded

Split complementary

  1. #edd515
  2. #1599ed
  3. #6915ed

Analogous

  1. #ed6915
  2. #edd515
  3. #99ed15

Triadic

  1. #edd515
  2. #15edd5
  3. #d515ed

Tetradic

  1. #edd515
  2. #2ded15
  3. #152ded
  4. #d515ed

Square

  1. #edd515
  2. #15ed69
  3. #152ded
  4. #ed1599

Monochromatic

  1. #625808
  2. #a9970d
  3. #edd515
  4. #f2e25c
  5. #f8eea3

Shades

#edd515 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edd515
  2. #d5c013
  3. #beaa11
  4. #a6950f
  5. #8e800d
  6. #776b0b
  7. #5f5508
  8. #474006
  9. #2f2b04
  10. #181502
  11. #000000

Tints

#edd515 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edd515
  2. #efd92c
  3. #f1dd44
  4. #f2e25b
  5. #f4e673
  6. #f6ea8a
  7. #f8eea1
  8. #faf2b9
  9. #fbf7d0
  10. #fdfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edd515 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edd515
  2. #e2cd20
  3. #d7c42a
  4. #ccbc35
  5. #c1b340
  6. #b7ab4b
  7. #aca255
  8. #a19a60
  9. #96916b
  10. #8b8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ded4a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebcf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1d82d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecd100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0d725 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9cb91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edd515 {
  color: #edd515;
}
Background
.bg-edd515 {
  background-color: #edd515;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edd515 {
  border: 2px solid #edd515;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edd515;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 213 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edd515 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edd515, #99ed15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edd515 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 213 21 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.63 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.30 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.30 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.31 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.01 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 4.88 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.99 #122aea Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#edd515  rgb(237, 213, 21)  hsl(53, 86%, 51%)  Citrine
#152ded  rgb(21, 45, 237)  hsl(233, 86%, 51%)  Blue
#15edd5  rgb(21, 237, 213)  hsl(173, 86%, 51%)  Turquoise
#d515ed  rgb(213, 21, 237)  hsl(293, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple