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#DFD50F

#dfd50f ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd50f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.53% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.48% magenta, 93.27% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 57.12°, 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 13.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.5.

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Relative luminance0.6331

Complementary

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #0f19df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #0f81df
  3. #6d0fdf

Analogous

  1. #df6d0f
  2. #dfd50f
  3. #81df0f

Triadic

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #0fdfd5
  3. #d50fdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #19df0f
  3. #0f19df
  4. #d50fdf

Square

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #0fdf6d
  3. #0f19df
  4. #df0f81

Monochromatic

  1. #504c05
  2. #97910a
  3. #dfd50f
  4. #f3ea48
  5. #f7f390

Shades

#dfd50f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #c9c00e
  3. #b2aa0c
  4. #9c950b
  5. #868009
  6. #706b08
  7. #595506
  8. #434005
  9. #2d2b03
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd50f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #e2d927
  3. #e5dd3f
  4. #e9e257
  5. #ece66f
  6. #efea87
  7. #f2ee9f
  8. #f5f2b7
  9. #f9f7cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd50f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd50f
  2. #d6cd1a
  3. #ccc426
  4. #c3bc31
  5. #b9b33c
  6. #b0ab48
  7. #a6a253
  8. #9d9a5e
  9. #939169
  10. #8a8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6d2a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9cd00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c6b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5d000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d423 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eacc90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd50f {
  color: #dfd50f;
}
Background
.bg-dfd50f {
  background-color: #dfd50f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd50f {
  border: 2px solid #dfd50f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd50f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 213 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 87% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd50f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd50f, #81df0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd50f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 213 15 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.50 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.18 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.94 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.87 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.07 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.09 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.36 #202af0 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd50f  rgb(223, 213, 15)  hsl(57, 87%, 47%)  Citrine
#0f19df  rgb(15, 25, 223)  hsl(237, 87%, 47%)  Blue
#0fdfd5  rgb(15, 223, 213)  hsl(177, 87%, 47%)  Bright Turquoise
#d50fdf  rgb(213, 15, 223)  hsl(297, 87%, 47%)  Electric Purple