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#DFD40F

#dfd40f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd40f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.14% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.93% magenta, 93.27% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.83°, with 87.39% saturation and 46.67% 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 13.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.23.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.6281

Complementary

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #0f1adf

Split complementary

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #0f82df
  3. #6c0fdf

Analogous

  1. #df6c0f
  2. #dfd40f
  3. #82df0f

Triadic

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #0fdfd4
  3. #d40fdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #1adf0f
  3. #0f1adf
  4. #d40fdf

Square

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #0fdf6c
  3. #0f1adf
  4. #df0f82

Monochromatic

  1. #504c05
  2. #97900a
  3. #dfd40f
  4. #f3ea48
  5. #f7f290

Shades

#dfd40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #c9bf0e
  3. #b2aa0c
  4. #9c940b
  5. #867f09
  6. #706a08
  7. #595506
  8. #434005
  9. #2d2a03
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #e2d827
  3. #e5dd3f
  4. #e9e157
  5. #ece56f
  6. #efea87
  7. #f2ee9f
  8. #f5f2b7
  9. #f9f6cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd40f
  2. #d6cc1a
  3. #ccc326
  4. #c3bb31
  5. #b9b23c
  6. #b0aa48
  7. #a6a253
  8. #9d995e
  9. #939169
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6d1a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c5b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4cf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d323 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eacb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd40f {
  color: #dfd40f;
}
Background
.bg-dfd40f {
  background-color: #dfd40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd40f {
  border: 2px solid #dfd40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 212 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 87% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd40f, #82df0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 212 15 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.23 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.29 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.16 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.81 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.01 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.22 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.51 #202bf0 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd40f  rgb(223, 212, 15)  hsl(57, 87%, 47%)  Citrine
#0f1adf  rgb(15, 26, 223)  hsl(237, 87%, 47%)  Blue
#0fdfd4  rgb(15, 223, 212)  hsl(177, 87%, 47%)  Turquoise
#d40fdf  rgb(212, 15, 223)  hsl(297, 87%, 47%)  Electric Purple