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#DFD900

#dfd900 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd900 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.1% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.69% magenta, 100% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 58.39°, with 100% saturation and 43.73% 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 14.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.6531

Complementary

  1. #dfd900
  2. #0006df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd900
  2. #0075df
  3. #6a00df

Analogous

  1. #df6a00
  2. #dfd900
  3. #75df00

Triadic

  1. #dfd900
  2. #00dfd9
  3. #d900df

Tetradic

  1. #dfd900
  2. #06df00
  3. #0006df
  4. #d900df

Square

  1. #dfd900
  2. #00df6a
  3. #0006df
  4. #df0075

Monochromatic

  1. #464400
  2. #938f00
  3. #dfd900
  4. #fff92d
  5. #fffb79

Shades

#dfd900 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd900
  2. #c9c300
  3. #b2ae00
  4. #9c9800
  5. #868200
  6. #706d00
  7. #595700
  8. #434100
  9. #2d2b00
  10. #161600
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd900 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd900
  2. #e2dd1a
  3. #e5e133
  4. #e9e44d
  5. #ece866
  6. #efec80
  7. #f2f099
  8. #f5f4b3
  9. #f9f7cc
  10. #fcfbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd900 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd900
  2. #d6d00d
  3. #ccc71a
  4. #c3be26
  5. #b9b533
  6. #b0ad40
  7. #a6a44d
  8. #9d9b5a
  9. #939266
  10. #8a8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d6a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecd000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0d628 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0cab9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d71e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ead093 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd900 {
  color: #dfd900;
}
Background
.bg-dfd900 {
  background-color: #dfd900;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd900 {
  border: 2px solid #dfd900;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd900;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 217 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd900 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd900, #75df00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd900 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 217 0 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.07 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.11 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.62 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.50 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.59 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.81 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.27 #2026ff Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#dfd900  rgb(223, 217, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 44%)  Dandelion
#0006df  rgb(0, 6, 223)  hsl(238, 100%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#00dfd9  rgb(0, 223, 217)  hsl(178, 100%, 44%)  Bright Turquoise
#d900df  rgb(217, 0, 223)  hsl(298, 100%, 44%)  Electric Purple