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#DFD40D

#dfd40d ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd40d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.14% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.93% magenta, 94.17% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.86°, with 88.98% saturation and 46.27% 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 13.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.628

Complementary

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #0d18df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #0d81df
  3. #6b0ddf

Analogous

  1. #df6b0d
  2. #dfd40d
  3. #81df0d

Triadic

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #0ddfd4
  3. #d40ddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #18df0d
  3. #0d18df
  4. #d40ddf

Square

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #0ddf6b
  3. #0d18df
  4. #df0d81

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4b05
  2. #978f09
  3. #dfd40d
  4. #f4eb44
  5. #f8f38d

Shades

#dfd40d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #c9bf0c
  3. #b2aa0a
  4. #9c9409
  5. #867f08
  6. #706a07
  7. #595505
  8. #434004
  9. #2d2a03
  10. #161501
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd40d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #e2d825
  3. #e5dd3d
  4. #e9e156
  5. #ece56e
  6. #efea86
  7. #f2ee9e
  8. #f5f2b6
  9. #f9f6cf
  10. #fcfbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd40d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd40d
  2. #d6cc19
  3. #ccc324
  4. #c3bb30
  5. #b9b23b
  6. #b0aa47
  7. #a6a252
  8. #9d995e
  9. #939169
  10. #8a8875
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6d1a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8cc00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ecd32a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0c5b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4cf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e7d322 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eacb90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd40d {
  color: #dfd40d;
}
Background
.bg-dfd40d {
  background-color: #dfd40d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd40d {
  border: 2px solid #dfd40d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd40d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 212 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 89% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd40d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd40d, #81df0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd40d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 212 13 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 2.22 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.29 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.15 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 5.81 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 6.00 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 6.21 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 6.49 #202bf2 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd40d  rgb(223, 212, 13)  hsl(57, 89%, 46%)  Citrine
#0d18df  rgb(13, 24, 223)  hsl(237, 89%, 46%)  Blue
#0ddfd4  rgb(13, 223, 212)  hsl(177, 89%, 46%)  Turquoise
#d40ddf  rgb(212, 13, 223)  hsl(297, 89%, 46%)  Electric Purple