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#DCD70F

#dcd70f ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcd70f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 84.31% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.27% magenta, 93.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, with 87.23% saturation and 46.08% 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 Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 3.51.

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Relative luminance0.6385

Complementary

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #0f14dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #0f7adc
  3. #710fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc710f
  2. #dcd70f
  3. #7adc0f

Triadic

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #0fdcd7
  3. #d70fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #14dc0f
  3. #0f14dc
  4. #d70fdc

Square

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #0fdc71
  3. #0f14dc
  4. #dc0f7a

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4b05
  2. #94910a
  3. #dcd70f
  4. #f2ee45
  5. #f7f58d

Shades

#dcd70f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #c6c20e
  3. #b0ac0c
  4. #9a970b
  5. #848109
  6. #6e6c08
  7. #585606
  8. #424105
  9. #2c2b03
  10. #161602
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcd70f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #e0db27
  3. #e3df3f
  4. #e7e357
  5. #eae76f
  6. #eeeb87
  7. #f1ef9f
  8. #f5f3b7
  9. #f8f7cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcd70f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcd70f
  2. #d3ce1a
  3. #cac626
  4. #c0bd31
  5. #b7b43c
  6. #aeac48
  7. #a5a353
  8. #9c9a5e
  9. #929169
  10. #898975
  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 #d6d4a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eace00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #edd42c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edc8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5d200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6d523 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6ce92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcd70f {
  color: #dcd70f;
}
Background
.bg-dcd70f {
  background-color: #dcd70f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcd70f {
  border: 2px solid #dcd70f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcd70f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 215 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 87% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcd70f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcd70f, #7adc0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcd70f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 215 15 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.51 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.67 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.75 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.34 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.15 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.46 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.68 #2328f0 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#dcd70f  rgb(220, 215, 15)  hsl(59, 87%, 46%)  Dandelion
#0f14dc  rgb(15, 20, 220)  hsl(239, 87%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#0fdcd7  rgb(15, 220, 215)  hsl(179, 87%, 46%)  Bright Turquoise
#d70fdc  rgb(215, 15, 220)  hsl(299, 87%, 46%)  Medium Orchid