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#DFAA17

#dfaa17 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfaa17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 66.67% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 89.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.1°, 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 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.445

Complementary

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #174cdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #17b0df
  3. #4617df

Analogous

  1. #df4617
  2. #dfaa17
  3. #b0df17

Triadic

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #17dfaa
  3. #aa17df

Tetradic

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #4cdf17
  3. #174cdf
  4. #aa17df

Square

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #17df46
  3. #174cdf
  4. #df17b0

Monochromatic

  1. #544009
  2. #9a7510
  3. #dfaa17
  4. #edc555
  5. #f5dd9a

Shades

#dfaa17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #c99915
  3. #b28812
  4. #9c7710
  5. #86660e
  6. #70550c
  7. #594409
  8. #433307
  9. #2d2205
  10. #161102
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfaa17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #e2b32e
  3. #e5bb45
  4. #e9c45d
  5. #eccc74
  6. #efd58b
  7. #f2dda2
  8. #f5e6b9
  9. #f9eed1
  10. #fcf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfaa17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfaa17
  2. #d6a622
  3. #cca22c
  4. #c39d37
  5. #b99941
  6. #b0954c
  7. #a69156
  8. #9d8d61
  9. #93886b
  10. #8a8476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6af8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb823 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f39991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b21f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba074 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfaa17 {
  color: #dfaa17;
}
Background
.bg-dfaa17 {
  background-color: #dfaa17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfaa17 {
  border: 2px solid #dfaa17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfaa17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 170 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfaa17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfaa17, #b0df17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfaa17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 170 23 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.38 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.84 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.55 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.56 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.70 #2055e8 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfaa17  rgb(223, 170, 23)  hsl(44, 81%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#174cdf  rgb(23, 76, 223)  hsl(224, 81%, 48%)  Sapphire
#17dfaa  rgb(23, 223, 170)  hsl(164, 81%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#aa17df  rgb(170, 23, 223)  hsl(284, 81%, 48%)  Dark Orchid