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#DFA217

#dfa217 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa217 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 63.53% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 89.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 41.7°, with 81.3% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.11.

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Relative luminance0.4159

Complementary

  1. #dfa217
  2. #1754df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa217
  2. #17b8df
  3. #3e17df

Analogous

  1. #df3e17
  2. #dfa217
  3. #b8df17

Triadic

  1. #dfa217
  2. #17dfa2
  3. #a217df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa217
  2. #54df17
  3. #1754df
  4. #a217df

Square

  1. #dfa217
  2. #17df3e
  3. #1754df
  4. #df17b8

Monochromatic

  1. #543d09
  2. #9a7010
  3. #dfa217
  4. #edbf55
  5. #f5d99a

Shades

#dfa217 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa217
  2. #c99215
  3. #b28212
  4. #9c7110
  5. #86610e
  6. #70510c
  7. #594109
  8. #433107
  9. #2d2005
  10. #161002
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa217 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa217
  2. #e2ab2e
  3. #e5b545
  4. #e9be5d
  5. #ecc774
  6. #efd18b
  7. #f2daa2
  8. #f5e3b9
  9. #f9ecd1
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa217 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa217
  2. #d69f22
  3. #cc9b2c
  4. #c39837
  5. #b99441
  6. #b0914c
  7. #a68e56
  8. #9d8a61
  9. #93876b
  10. #8a8376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3a88a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b321 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3908a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ac1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb986e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa217 {
  color: #dfa217;
}
Background
.bg-dfa217 {
  background-color: #dfa217;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa217 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa217;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa217;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 162 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa217 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa217, #b8df17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa217 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 162 23 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.11 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.23 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.31 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.81 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.83 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.03 #205de8 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa217  rgb(223, 162, 23)  hsl(42, 81%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#1754df  rgb(23, 84, 223)  hsl(222, 81%, 48%)  Sapphire
#17dfa2  rgb(23, 223, 162)  hsl(162, 81%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#a217df  rgb(162, 23, 223)  hsl(282, 81%, 48%)  Dark Orchid