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#C2C331

#c2c331 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c2c331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 76.47% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.87% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 60.41°, with 59.84% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 7.34.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5072

Complementary

  1. #c2c331
  2. #3231c3

Split complementary

  1. #c2c331
  2. #3179c3
  3. #7b31c3

Analogous

  1. #c37b31
  2. #c2c331
  3. #79c331

Triadic

  1. #c2c331
  2. #31c2c3
  3. #c331c2

Tetradic

  1. #c2c331
  2. #31c332
  3. #3231c3
  4. #c331c2

Square

  1. #c2c331
  2. #31c37b
  3. #3231c3
  4. #c33179

Monochromatic

  1. #484912
  2. #858622
  3. #c2c331
  4. #d8d968
  5. #e8e8a5

Shades

#c2c331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2c331
  2. #afb02c
  3. #9b9c27
  4. #888922
  5. #74751d
  6. #616219
  7. #4e4e14
  8. #3a3b0f
  9. #27270a
  10. #131405
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2c331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2c331
  2. #c8c946
  3. #cecf5a
  4. #d4d56f
  5. #dadb83
  6. #e1e198
  7. #e7e7ad
  8. #ededc1
  9. #f3f3d6
  10. #f9f9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2c331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2c331
  2. #bbbc39
  3. #b5b641
  4. #aeaf49
  5. #a8a851
  6. #a1a259
  7. #9a9b60
  8. #949468
  9. #8d8d70
  10. #878778
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfbf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba0d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bf3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0b6a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccbe20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdc039 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cabc88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2c331 {
  color: #c2c331;
}
Background
.bg-c2c331 {
  background-color: #c2c331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2c331 {
  border: 2px solid #c2c331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2c331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 195 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 60% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2c331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2c331, #79c331);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2c331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 195 49 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.65 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.67 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.15 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.23 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.87 #3d3cce Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Citrine
#c2c331  rgb(194, 195, 49)  hsl(60, 60%, 48%)  Citrine
#3231c3  rgb(50, 49, 195)  hsl(240, 60%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#31c2c3  rgb(49, 194, 195)  hsl(180, 60%, 48%)  Robin Egg Blue
#c331c2  rgb(195, 49, 194)  hsl(300, 60%, 48%)  Medium Orchid