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#CCC021

#ccc021 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ccc021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 83.82% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 55.79°, with 72.15% saturation and 46.47% 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 11.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 5.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5065

Complementary

  1. #ccc021
  2. #212dcc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc021
  2. #2182cc
  3. #6b21cc

Analogous

  1. #cc6b21
  2. #ccc021
  3. #82cc21

Triadic

  1. #ccc021
  2. #21ccc0
  3. #c021cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc021
  2. #2dcc21
  3. #212dcc
  4. #c021cc

Square

  1. #ccc021
  2. #21cc6b
  3. #212dcc
  4. #cc2182

Monochromatic

  1. #48440c
  2. #8a8216
  3. #ccc021
  4. #e4da56
  5. #eee898

Shades

#ccc021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc021
  2. #b8ad1e
  3. #a39a1a
  4. #8f8617
  5. #7a7314
  6. #666011
  7. #524d0d
  8. #3d3a0a
  9. #292607
  10. #141303
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc021
  2. #d1c637
  3. #d6cd4d
  4. #dbd364
  5. #e0d97a
  6. #e6e090
  7. #ebe6a6
  8. #f0ecbc
  9. #f5f2d3
  10. #faf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc021
  2. #c4ba2b
  3. #bdb334
  4. #b5ad3e
  5. #aea647
  6. #a6a051
  7. #9e9a5a
  8. #979364
  9. #8f8d6d
  10. #888677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3be97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6c031 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2c02b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6b884 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc021 {
  color: #ccc021;
}
Background
.bg-ccc021 {
  background-color: #ccc021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc021 {
  border: 2px solid #ccc021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 72% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc021, #82cc21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.09 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.51 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 8.14 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.14 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.29 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.49 #333fde Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Citrine
#ccc021  rgb(204, 192, 33)  hsl(56, 72%, 46%)  Citrine
#212dcc  rgb(33, 45, 204)  hsl(236, 72%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#21ccc0  rgb(33, 204, 192)  hsl(176, 72%, 46%)  Medium Turquoise
#c021cc  rgb(192, 33, 204)  hsl(296, 72%, 46%)  Electric Purple