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#DAD217

#dad217 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dad217 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 82.35% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.67% magenta, 89.45% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 57.54°, with 80.91% saturation and 47.25% 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 13.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.91.

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Relative luminance0.6106

Complementary

  1. #dad217
  2. #171fda

Split complementary

  1. #dad217
  2. #1780da
  3. #7017da

Analogous

  1. #da7017
  2. #dad217
  3. #80da17

Triadic

  1. #dad217
  2. #17dad2
  3. #d217da

Tetradic

  1. #dad217
  2. #1fda17
  3. #171fda
  4. #d217da

Square

  1. #dad217
  2. #17da70
  3. #171fda
  4. #da1780

Monochromatic

  1. #504d08
  2. #958f10
  3. #dad217
  4. #ede651
  5. #f4f096

Shades

#dad217 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dad217
  2. #c4bd15
  3. #aea812
  4. #999310
  5. #837e0e
  6. #6d690c
  7. #575409
  8. #413f07
  9. #2c2a05
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dad217 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dad217
  2. #ded72e
  3. #e1db45
  4. #e5e05d
  5. #e9e474
  6. #ede98b
  7. #f0eda2
  8. #f4f2b9
  9. #f8f6d1
  10. #fbfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dad217 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dad217
  2. #d1ca22
  3. #c8c22c
  4. #bfb937
  5. #b6b141
  6. #ada94c
  7. #a4a156
  8. #9b9961
  9. #92906b
  10. #898876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2cfa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e5ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8d02e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebc3b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d127 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4c98f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dad217 {
  color: #dad217;
}
Background
.bg-dad217 {
  background-color: #dad217;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dad217 {
  border: 2px solid #dad217;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dad217;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 210 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 81% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dad217 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dad217, #80da17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dad217 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 210 23 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.91 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.04 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.81 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.23 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.71 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 7.01 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 7.03 #252de8 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Citrine
#dad217  rgb(218, 210, 23)  hsl(58, 81%, 47%)  Citrine
#171fda  rgb(23, 31, 218)  hsl(238, 81%, 47%)  Blue
#17dad2  rgb(23, 218, 210)  hsl(178, 81%, 47%)  Medium Turquoise
#d217da  rgb(210, 23, 218)  hsl(298, 81%, 47%)  Medium Orchid