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#DCC201

#dcc201 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcc201 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 76.08% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.82% magenta, 99.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 52.88°, with 99.1% saturation and 43.33% 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 11.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.538

Complementary

  1. #dcc201
  2. #011bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcc201
  2. #0188dc
  3. #5501dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5501
  2. #dcc201
  3. #88dc01

Triadic

  1. #dcc201
  2. #01dcc2
  3. #c201dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcc201
  2. #1bdc01
  3. #011bdc
  4. #c201dc

Square

  1. #dcc201
  2. #01dc55
  3. #011bdc
  4. #dc0188

Monochromatic

  1. #443c00
  2. #907f01
  3. #dcc201
  4. #fee52b
  5. #feee78

Shades

#dcc201 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcc201
  2. #c6af01
  3. #b09b01
  4. #9a8801
  5. #847401
  6. #6e6101
  7. #584e00
  8. #423a00
  9. #2c2700
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcc201 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcc201
  2. #e0c81a
  3. #e3ce34
  4. #e7d44d
  5. #eada67
  6. #eee180
  7. #f1e799
  8. #f5edb3
  9. #f8f3cc
  10. #fcf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcc201 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcc201
  2. #d3bb0e
  3. #cab51a
  4. #c0ae27
  5. #b7a834
  6. #aea141
  7. #a59a4d
  8. #9c945a
  9. #928d67
  10. #898773
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc29a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7bd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dec621 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eeb2a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc418 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7b983 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcc201 {
  color: #dcc201;
}
Background
.bg-dcc201 {
  background-color: #dcc201;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcc201 {
  border: 2px solid #dcc201;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcc201;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 194 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 99% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcc201 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcc201, #88dc01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcc201 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 194 1 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.57 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.31 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.48 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.53 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.06 #233dfe Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dcc201  rgb(220, 194, 1)  hsl(53, 99%, 43%)  Citrine
#011bdc  rgb(1, 27, 220)  hsl(233, 99%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#01dcc2  rgb(1, 220, 194)  hsl(173, 99%, 43%)  Turquoise
#c201dc  rgb(194, 1, 220)  hsl(293, 99%, 43%)  Electric Purple