Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Citrine

Citrine is a vibrant yellow color with HEX #E4D00A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 228, 208, 10, HSL 54, 92%, 47%, warm temperature, and is useful for jewel tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents.

#E4D00A yellow warm vibrant
HEX #E4D00A
RGB rgb(228, 208, 10)
HSL hsl(54 92% 47%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 9, 96, 11)
Luminance 0.6163
Contrast Black 13.33:1White 1.58:1

CSS Utilities

--color-citrine: #E4D00A;
.bg-citrine { background-color: #E4D00A; }
.text-citrine { color: #E4D00A; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.6163
Black text13.33:1AA Pass
White text1.58:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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}
WCAG
{
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    "#36454F"
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}
Harmonies
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}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#F0D800",
  "desaturated": "#CCBB24",
  "pastel": "#EFE481",
  "neon": "#FFE81A"
}
Pairings
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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    ],
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  },
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Citrine Color

Citrine sits in the yellow family with warm temperature and vibrant visual character. Citrine is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include depth, richness, and prestige, which makes it relevant for luxury and fashion. In design work, Citrine is most useful for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Yellow color familyBrowse named yellow colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Citrine accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #E4D00A.Citrine CSS utilitiesUse Citrine in CSS variables and utility classes.#E4D00A HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Citrine paletteOpen the generated palette based on Citrine.Citrine harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Citrine against black and white text.

Black text13.33:1AA Pass
White text1.58:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Safety Yellow#EED202
Industrial Yellow#F3C300
Cyber Yellow#FFD300
Caution Yellow#FFCC00
Gold#FFD700

Color Harmonies

#0A20E6#0A20E6
#E6620A#E6620A
#8EE60A#8EE60A
#0AE6D0#0AE6D0
#D00AE6#D00AE6
Open full Citrine harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#F8E754#F8E754
#8E8006#8E8006
#F0D800#F0D800
#CCBB24#CCBB24
#EFE481#EFE481
#FFE81A#FFE81A

Pairings

Black#000000
#0A20E6#0A20E6
#E6620A#E6620A
#8EE60A#8EE60A
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5