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#DFBE21

#dfbe21 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfbe21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.8% magenta, 85.2% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 49.58°, with 74.8% saturation and 50.2% 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 11.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5262

Complementary

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #2142df

Split complementary

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #21a1df
  3. #5f21df

Analogous

  1. #df5f21
  2. #dfbe21
  3. #a1df21

Triadic

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #21dfbe
  3. #be21df

Tetradic

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #42df21
  3. #2142df
  4. #be21df

Square

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #21df5f
  3. #2142df
  4. #df21a1

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4d0d
  2. #9d8617
  3. #dfbe21
  4. #e9d264
  5. #f2e5a7

Shades

#dfbe21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #c9ab1e
  3. #b2981a
  4. #9c8517
  5. #867214
  6. #705f11
  7. #594c0d
  8. #43390a
  9. #2d2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbe21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #e2c537
  3. #e5cb4d
  4. #e9d264
  5. #ecd87a
  6. #efdf90
  7. #f2e5a6
  8. #f5ecbc
  9. #f9f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbe21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbe21
  2. #d6b82b
  3. #ccb234
  4. #c3ab3e
  5. #b9a547
  6. #b09f51
  7. #a6995a
  8. #9d9364
  9. #938c6d
  10. #8a8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc42f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2aea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddc22a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbe21 {
  color: #dfbe21;
}
Background
.bg-dfbe21 {
  background-color: #dfbe21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbe21 {
  border: 2px solid #dfbe21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbe21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbe21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbe21, #a1df21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbe21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.11 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.03 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.50 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.15 #2041de Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dfbe21  rgb(223, 190, 33)  hsl(50, 75%, 50%)  Jonquil
#2142df  rgb(33, 66, 223)  hsl(230, 75%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#21dfbe  rgb(33, 223, 190)  hsl(170, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#be21df  rgb(190, 33, 223)  hsl(290, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple