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#DFBD17

#dfbd17 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfbd17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 74.12% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.25% magenta, 89.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 49.8°, 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 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.5215

Complementary

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #1739df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #179ddf
  3. #5917df

Analogous

  1. #df5917
  2. #dfbd17
  3. #9ddf17

Triadic

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #17dfbd
  3. #bd17df

Tetradic

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #39df17
  3. #1739df
  4. #bd17df

Square

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #17df59
  3. #1739df
  4. #df179d

Monochromatic

  1. #544709
  2. #9a8210
  3. #dfbd17
  4. #edd455
  5. #f5e59a

Shades

#dfbd17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #c9aa15
  3. #b29712
  4. #9c8410
  5. #86710e
  6. #705f0c
  7. #594c09
  8. #433907
  9. #2d2605
  10. #161302
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbd17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #e2c42e
  3. #e5ca45
  4. #e9d15d
  5. #ecd774
  6. #efde8b
  7. #f2e5a2
  8. #f5ebb9
  9. #f9f2d1
  10. #fcf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbd17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbd17
  2. #d6b722
  3. #ccb12c
  4. #c3ab37
  5. #b9a541
  6. #b09f4c
  7. #a69856
  8. #9d9261
  9. #938c6b
  10. #8a8676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbe99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc428 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2ada1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc122 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab481 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbd17 {
  color: #dfbd17;
}
Background
.bg-dfbd17 {
  background-color: #dfbd17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbd17 {
  border: 2px solid #dfbd17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbd17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 189 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbd17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbd17, #9ddf17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbd17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 189 23 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.37 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.69 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.16 #2042e8 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dfbd17  rgb(223, 189, 23)  hsl(50, 81%, 48%)  Jonquil
#1739df  rgb(23, 57, 223)  hsl(230, 81%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#17dfbd  rgb(23, 223, 189)  hsl(170, 81%, 48%)  Turquoise
#bd17df  rgb(189, 23, 223)  hsl(290, 81%, 48%)  Electric Purple