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#DFD211

#dfd211 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd211 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 82.35% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.83% magenta, 92.38% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.21°, with 85.83% saturation and 47.06% 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 13.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.7.

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Relative luminance0.6182

Complementary

  1. #dfd211
  2. #111edf

Split complementary

  1. #dfd211
  2. #1185df
  3. #6b11df

Analogous

  1. #df6b11
  2. #dfd211
  3. #85df11

Triadic

  1. #dfd211
  2. #11dfd2
  3. #d211df

Tetradic

  1. #dfd211
  2. #1edf11
  3. #111edf
  4. #d211df

Square

  1. #dfd211
  2. #11df6b
  3. #111edf
  4. #df1185

Monochromatic

  1. #514c06
  2. #988f0c
  3. #dfd211
  4. #f1e74b
  5. #f7f092

Shades

#dfd211 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd211
  2. #c9bd0f
  3. #b2a80e
  4. #9c930c
  5. #867e0a
  6. #706909
  7. #595407
  8. #433f05
  9. #2d2a03
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd211 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd211
  2. #e2d729
  3. #e5db41
  4. #e9e058
  5. #ece470
  6. #efe988
  7. #f2eda0
  8. #f5f2b8
  9. #f9f6cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd211 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd211
  2. #d6ca1c
  3. #ccc227
  4. #c3b932
  5. #b9b13d
  6. #b0a949
  7. #a6a154
  8. #9d995f
  9. #93906a
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5d0a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1c3b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6d223 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac98f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd211 {
  color: #dfd211;
}
Background
.bg-dfd211 {
  background-color: #dfd211;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd211 {
  border: 2px solid #dfd211;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd211;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 210 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 86% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd211 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd211, #85df11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd211 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 210 17 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.70 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.56 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.65 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.72 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.90 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.58 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.85 #202dee Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd211  rgb(223, 210, 17)  hsl(56, 86%, 47%)  Citrine
#111edf  rgb(17, 30, 223)  hsl(236, 86%, 47%)  Blue
#11dfd2  rgb(17, 223, 210)  hsl(176, 86%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d211df  rgb(210, 17, 223)  hsl(296, 86%, 47%)  Electric Purple