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#DFCE23

#dfce23 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfce23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 80.78% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.62% magenta, 84.3% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 54.57°, 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 12.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.39.

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Relative luminance0.5995

Complementary

  1. #dfce23
  2. #2334df

Split complementary

  1. #dfce23
  2. #2392df
  3. #7023df

Analogous

  1. #df7023
  2. #dfce23
  3. #92df23

Triadic

  1. #dfce23
  2. #23dfce
  3. #ce23df

Tetradic

  1. #dfce23
  2. #34df23
  3. #2334df
  4. #ce23df

Square

  1. #dfce23
  2. #23df70
  3. #2334df
  4. #df2392

Monochromatic

  1. #5c550d
  2. #9e9217
  3. #dfce23
  4. #e9dd66
  5. #f2eca9

Shades

#dfce23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfce23
  2. #c9b920
  3. #b2a51c
  4. #9c9019
  5. #867c15
  6. #706712
  7. #59520e
  8. #433e0b
  9. #2d2907
  10. #161504
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfce23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfce23
  2. #e2d339
  3. #e5d84f
  4. #e9dd65
  5. #ece27b
  6. #efe791
  7. #f2eba7
  8. #f5f0bd
  9. #f9f5d3
  10. #fcfae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfce23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfce23
  2. #d6c62c
  3. #ccbe36
  4. #c3b73f
  5. #b9af48
  6. #b0a752
  7. #a69f5b
  8. #9d9764
  9. #93906d
  10. #8a8877
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d3cca3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2c700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e7cf34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1bfb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1ca00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e4ce2e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac58d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfce23 {
  color: #dfce23;
}
Background
.bg-dfce23 {
  background-color: #dfce23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfce23 {
  border: 2px solid #dfce23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfce23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 206 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 75% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfce23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfce23, #92df23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfce23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 206 35 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.39 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.36 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.75 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.90 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.05 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.27 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.44 #2031dc Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfce23  rgb(223, 206, 35)  hsl(55, 75%, 51%)  Citrine
#2334df  rgb(35, 52, 223)  hsl(235, 75%, 51%)  Persian Blue
#23dfce  rgb(35, 223, 206)  hsl(175, 75%, 51%)  Turquoise
#ce23df  rgb(206, 35, 223)  hsl(295, 75%, 51%)  Electric Purple