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#DFD616

#dfd616 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd616 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.92% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.04% magenta, 90.13% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 57.31°, with 82.04% saturation and 48.04% 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 13.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.81.

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Relative luminance0.6384

Complementary

  1. #dfd616
  2. #161fdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfd616
  2. #1684df
  3. #7116df

Analogous

  1. #df7116
  2. #dfd616
  3. #84df16

Triadic

  1. #dfd616
  2. #16dfd6
  3. #d616df

Tetradic

  1. #dfd616
  2. #1fdf16
  3. #161fdf
  4. #d616df

Square

  1. #dfd616
  2. #16df71
  3. #161fdf
  4. #df1684

Monochromatic

  1. #545008
  2. #99930f
  3. #dfd616
  4. #eee753
  5. #f5f199

Shades

#dfd616 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd616
  2. #c9c114
  3. #b2ab12
  4. #9c960f
  5. #86800d
  6. #706b0b
  7. #595609
  8. #434007
  9. #2d2b04
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd616 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd616
  2. #e2da2d
  3. #e5de45
  4. #e9e25c
  5. #ece673
  6. #efeb8b
  7. #f2efa2
  8. #f5f3b9
  9. #f9f7d0
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd616 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd616
  2. #d6cd21
  3. #ccc52b
  4. #c3bc36
  5. #b9b440
  6. #b0ab4b
  7. #a6a256
  8. #9d9a60
  9. #93916b
  10. #8a8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7d3a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9ce00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c7b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5d100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e8d527 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eacd92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd616 {
  color: #dfd616;
}
Background
.bg-dfd616 {
  background-color: #dfd616;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd616 {
  border: 2px solid #dfd616;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd616;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 214 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 82% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd616 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd616, #84df16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd616 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 214 22 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.81 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.07 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.79 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.94 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.98 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.15 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.24 #2029e9 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd616  rgb(223, 214, 22)  hsl(57, 82%, 48%)  Citrine
#161fdf  rgb(22, 31, 223)  hsl(237, 82%, 48%)  Blue
#16dfd6  rgb(22, 223, 214)  hsl(177, 82%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#d616df  rgb(214, 22, 223)  hsl(297, 82%, 48%)  Medium Orchid