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#CDCA02

#cdca02 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cdca02 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 79.22% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.46% magenta, 99.02% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 59.11°, with 98.07% saturation and 40.59% 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 12.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 4.6.

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Relative luminance0.5522

Complementary

  1. #cdca02
  2. #0205cd

Split complementary

  1. #cdca02
  2. #026bcd
  3. #6402cd

Analogous

  1. #cd6402
  2. #cdca02
  3. #6bcd02

Triadic

  1. #cdca02
  2. #02cdca
  3. #ca02cd

Tetradic

  1. #cdca02
  2. #05cd02
  3. #0205cd
  4. #ca02cd

Square

  1. #cdca02
  2. #02cd64
  3. #0205cd
  4. #cd026b

Monochromatic

  1. #353501
  2. #817f01
  3. #cdca02
  4. #fdfa1f
  5. #fefb6a

Shades

#cdca02 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdca02
  2. #b9b602
  3. #a4a202
  4. #908d01
  5. #7b7901
  6. #676501
  7. #525101
  8. #3e3d01
  9. #292800
  10. #151400
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdca02 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdca02
  2. #d2cf1b
  3. #d7d535
  4. #dcda4e
  5. #e1df67
  6. #e6e581
  7. #ebea9a
  8. #f0efb3
  9. #f5f4cc
  10. #fafae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdca02 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdca02
  2. #c5c30f
  3. #bebb1b
  4. #b6b428
  5. #aeac34
  6. #a7a541
  7. #9f9e4e
  8. #97965a
  9. #8f8f67
  10. #888773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c69c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec725 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddbcac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6c500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8c81c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d7c288 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdca02 {
  color: #cdca02;
}
Background
.bg-cdca02 {
  background-color: #cdca02;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdca02 {
  border: 2px solid #cdca02;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdca02;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 202 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 98% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdca02 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdca02, #6bcd02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdca02 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 202 2 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.47 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.64 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 7.00 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.37 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 9.02 #3235fd Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#cdca02  rgb(205, 202, 2)  hsl(59, 98%, 41%)  Citrine
#0205cd  rgb(2, 5, 205)  hsl(239, 98%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#02cdca  rgb(2, 205, 202)  hsl(179, 98%, 41%)  Robin Egg Blue
#ca02cd  rgb(202, 2, 205)  hsl(299, 98%, 41%)  Electric Purple