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#DFD218

#dfd218 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd218 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 82.35% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.83% magenta, 89.24% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.08°, with 80.57% saturation and 48.43% 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 13.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.75.

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Relative luminance0.6185

Complementary

  1. #dfd218
  2. #1825df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd218
  2. #1888df
  3. #6e18df

Analogous

  1. #df6e18
  2. #dfd218
  3. #88df18

Triadic

  1. #dfd218
  2. #18dfd2
  3. #d218df

Tetradic

  1. #dfd218
  2. #25df18
  3. #1825df
  4. #d218df

Square

  1. #dfd218
  2. #18df6e
  3. #1825df
  4. #df1888

Monochromatic

  1. #555009
  2. #9a9111
  3. #dfd218
  4. #ede357
  5. #f4ef9c

Shades

#dfd218 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd218
  2. #c9bd16
  3. #b2a813
  4. #9c9311
  5. #867e0e
  6. #70690c
  7. #59540a
  8. #433f07
  9. #2d2a05
  10. #161502
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd218 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd218
  2. #e2d72f
  3. #e5db46
  4. #e9e05d
  5. #ece474
  6. #efe98c
  7. #f2eda3
  8. #f5f2ba
  9. #f9f6d1
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd218 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd218
  2. #d6ca22
  3. #ccc22d
  4. #c3b937
  5. #b9b142
  6. #b0a94c
  7. #a6a156
  8. #9d9961
  9. #93906b
  10. #8a8876
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5d0a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ca00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ead12e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c3b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3cd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6d227 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eac98f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd218 {
  color: #dfd218;
}
Background
.bg-dfd218 {
  background-color: #dfd218;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd218 {
  border: 2px solid #dfd218;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd218;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 210 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd218 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd218, #88df18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd218 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 210 24 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.75 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.55 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.71 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.72 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 5.96 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.64 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 6.90 #202de7 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd218  rgb(223, 210, 24)  hsl(56, 81%, 48%)  Citrine
#1825df  rgb(24, 37, 223)  hsl(236, 81%, 48%)  Blue
#18dfd2  rgb(24, 223, 210)  hsl(176, 81%, 48%)  Turquoise
#d218df  rgb(210, 24, 223)  hsl(296, 81%, 48%)  Electric Purple