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#D9E00A

#d9e00a ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d9e00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 87.84% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 61.96°, with 91.45% saturation and 45.88% 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 14.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6808

Complementary

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #110ae0

Split complementary

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #0a6ee0
  3. #7c0ae0

Analogous

  1. #e07c0a
  2. #d9e00a
  3. #6ee00a

Triadic

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #0ad9e0
  3. #e00ad9

Tetradic

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #0ae011
  3. #110ae0
  4. #e00ad9

Square

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #0ae07c
  3. #110ae0
  4. #e00a6e

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4e03
  2. #929707
  3. #d9e00a
  4. #f1f640
  5. #f6fa89

Shades

#d9e00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #c3ca09
  3. #aeb308
  4. #989d07
  5. #828606
  6. #6d7005
  7. #575a04
  8. #414303
  9. #2b2d02
  10. #161601
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9e00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #dde323
  3. #e1e63b
  4. #e4e954
  5. #e8ec6c
  6. #ecf085
  7. #f0f39d
  8. #f4f6b6
  9. #f7f9ce
  10. #fbfce7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9e00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9e00a
  2. #d0d616
  3. #c7cd22
  4. #bec32d
  5. #b5ba39
  6. #adb045
  7. #a4a651
  8. #9b9d5d
  9. #929368
  10. #898a74
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8dbab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2d500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f3d92d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9d1bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9da00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9dc24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3d798 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9e00a {
  color: #d9e00a;
}
Background
.bg-d9e00a {
  background-color: #d9e00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9e00a {
  border: 2px solid #d9e00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9e00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 224 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9e00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9e00a, #6ee00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9e00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 224 10 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 2.89 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.89 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.92 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.33 #fff600 Cadmium Yellow ΔE 6.59 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 6.59 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.62 #261ff5 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pear
#d9e00a  rgb(217, 224, 10)  hsl(62, 91%, 46%)  Pear
#110ae0  rgb(17, 10, 224)  hsl(242, 91%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#0ad9e0  rgb(10, 217, 224)  hsl(182, 91%, 46%)  Dark Turquoise
#e00ad9  rgb(224, 10, 217)  hsl(302, 91%, 46%)  Medium Orchid