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#DFC021

#dfc021 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfc021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.9% magenta, 85.2% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 50.21°, 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 4.06.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.535

Complementary

  1. #dfc021
  2. #2140df

Split complementary

  1. #dfc021
  2. #219fdf
  3. #6121df

Analogous

  1. #df6121
  2. #dfc021
  3. #9fdf21

Triadic

  1. #dfc021
  2. #21dfc0
  3. #c021df

Tetradic

  1. #dfc021
  2. #40df21
  3. #2140df
  4. #c021df

Square

  1. #dfc021
  2. #21df61
  3. #2140df
  4. #df219f

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4d0d
  2. #9d8717
  3. #dfc021
  4. #e9d364
  5. #f2e6a7

Shades

#dfc021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfc021
  2. #c9ad1e
  3. #b29a1a
  4. #9c8617
  5. #867314
  6. #706011
  7. #594d0d
  8. #433a0a
  9. #2d2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfc021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfc021
  2. #e2c637
  3. #e5cd4d
  4. #e9d364
  5. #ecd97a
  6. #efe090
  7. #f2e6a6
  8. #f5ecbc
  9. #f9f2d3
  10. #fcf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfc021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfc021
  2. #d6ba2b
  3. #ccb334
  4. #c3ad3e
  5. #b9a647
  6. #b0a051
  7. #a69a5a
  8. #9d9364
  9. #938d6d
  10. #8a8677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cec19b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc62f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec32a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eab784 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfc021 {
  color: #dfc021;
}
Background
.bg-dfc021 {
  background-color: #dfc021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfc021 {
  border: 2px solid #dfc021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfc021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfc021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfc021, #9fdf21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfc021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.06 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.33 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.82 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.86 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.61 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.22 #203fde Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#dfc021  rgb(223, 192, 33)  hsl(50, 75%, 50%)  Jonquil
#2140df  rgb(33, 64, 223)  hsl(230, 75%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#21dfc0  rgb(33, 223, 192)  hsl(170, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#c021df  rgb(192, 33, 223)  hsl(290, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple