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#DFAC23

#dfac23 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfac23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 67.45% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.87% magenta, 84.3% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.72°, with 74.6% saturation and 50.59% 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 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.01.

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Relative luminance0.4531

Complementary

  1. #dfac23
  2. #2356df

Split complementary

  1. #dfac23
  2. #23b4df
  3. #4e23df

Analogous

  1. #df4e23
  2. #dfac23
  3. #b4df23

Triadic

  1. #dfac23
  2. #23dfac
  3. #ac23df

Tetradic

  1. #dfac23
  2. #56df23
  3. #2356df
  4. #ac23df

Square

  1. #dfac23
  2. #23df4e
  3. #2356df
  4. #df23b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5c460d
  2. #9e7a17
  3. #dfac23
  4. #e9c566
  5. #f2dea9

Shades

#dfac23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfac23
  2. #c99b20
  3. #b28a1c
  4. #9c7819
  5. #866715
  6. #705612
  7. #59450e
  8. #43340b
  9. #2d2207
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfac23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfac23
  2. #e2b439
  3. #e5bd4f
  4. #e9c565
  5. #eccd7b
  6. #efd691
  7. #f2dea7
  8. #f5e6bd
  9. #f9eed3
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfac23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfac23
  2. #d6a82c
  3. #cca336
  4. #c39f3f
  5. #b99a48
  6. #b09652
  7. #a6925b
  8. #9d8d64
  9. #93896d
  10. #8a8477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb92c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfac0c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b429 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba277 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfac23 {
  color: #dfac23;
}
Background
.bg-dfac23 {
  background-color: #dfac23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfac23 {
  border: 2px solid #dfac23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfac23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 172 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 75% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfac23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfac23, #b4df23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfac23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 172 35 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.77 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.25 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.49 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.65 #2053dc Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfac23  rgb(223, 172, 35)  hsl(44, 75%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2356df  rgb(35, 86, 223)  hsl(224, 75%, 51%)  Sapphire
#23dfac  rgb(35, 223, 172)  hsl(164, 75%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#ac23df  rgb(172, 35, 223)  hsl(284, 75%, 51%)  Dark Orchid