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#DFD99F

#dfd99f ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dfd99f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.1% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.69% magenta, 28.7% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 54.37°, with 50% saturation and 74.9% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.6782

Complementary

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #9fa5df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #9fc5df
  3. #b99fdf

Analogous

  1. #dfb99f
  2. #dfd99f
  3. #c5df9f

Triadic

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #9fdfd9
  3. #d99fdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #a5df9f
  3. #9fa5df
  4. #d99fdf

Square

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #9fdfb9
  3. #9fa5df
  4. #df9fc5

Monochromatic

  1. #aca139
  2. #ccc266
  3. #dfd99f
  4. #f2f0d8
  5. #faf9f0

Shades

#dfd99f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #c9c38f
  3. #b2ae7f
  4. #9c986f
  5. #86825f
  6. #706d50
  7. #595740
  8. #434130
  9. #2d2b20
  10. #161610
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd99f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #e2dda9
  3. #e5e1b2
  4. #e9e4bc
  5. #ece8c5
  6. #efeccf
  7. #f2f0d9
  8. #f5f4e2
  9. #f9f7ec
  10. #fcfbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd99f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd99f
  2. #d6d09c
  3. #ccc799
  4. #c3be96
  5. #b9b593
  6. #b0ad90
  7. #a6a48c
  8. #9d9b89
  9. #939286
  10. #8a8983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dad8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3d59b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6d8a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9d1ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e2d79d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d9a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5d4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd99f {
  color: #dfd99f;
}
Background
.bg-dfd99f {
  background-color: #dfd99f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd99f {
  border: 2px solid #dfd99f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd99f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 217 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 50% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd99f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd99f, #c5df9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd99f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 217 159 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 3.39 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.94 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.86 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.49 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.72 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.99 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 7.65 #202660 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#dfd99f  rgb(223, 217, 159)  hsl(54, 50%, 75%)  Pale Goldenrod
#9fa5df  rgb(159, 165, 223)  hsl(234, 50%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fdfd9  rgb(159, 223, 217)  hsl(174, 50%, 75%)  Pale Turquoise
#d99fdf  rgb(217, 159, 223)  hsl(294, 50%, 75%)  Plum