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#DFD53E

#dfd53e ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfd53e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 83.53% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.48% magenta, 72.2% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.27°, with 71.56% saturation and 55.88% 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 13.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.6362

Complementary

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #3e48df

Split complementary

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #3e99df
  3. #843edf

Analogous

  1. #df843e
  2. #dfd53e
  3. #99df3e

Triadic

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #3edfd5
  3. #d53edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #48df3e
  3. #3e48df
  4. #d53edf

Square

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #3edf84
  3. #3e48df
  4. #df3e99

Monochromatic

  1. #716b13
  2. #b3aa1e
  3. #dfd53e
  4. #eae380
  5. #f5f2c1

Shades

#dfd53e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #c9c038
  3. #b2aa32
  4. #9c952b
  5. #868025
  6. #706b1f
  7. #595519
  8. #434013
  9. #2d2b0c
  10. #161506
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd53e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #e2d951
  3. #e5dd65
  4. #e9e278
  5. #ece68b
  6. #efea9f
  7. #f2eeb2
  8. #f5f2c5
  9. #f9f7d8
  10. #fcfbec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd53e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd53e
  2. #d6cd45
  3. #ccc44b
  4. #c3bc52
  5. #b9b358
  6. #b0ab5f
  7. #a6a266
  8. #9d9a6c
  9. #939173
  10. #8a8979
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7d2aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7cd22 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebd449 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efc7b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e4d02f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e6d445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9cd96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd53e {
  color: #dfd53e;
}
Background
.bg-dfd53e {
  background-color: #dfd53e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd53e {
  border: 2px solid #dfd53e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd53e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 213 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 72% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd53e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd53e, #99df3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd53e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 213 62 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.60 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.69 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.98 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 5.15 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.19 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.20 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.53 #202ac1 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Citrine
#dfd53e  rgb(223, 213, 62)  hsl(56, 72%, 56%)  Citrine
#3e48df  rgb(62, 72, 223)  hsl(236, 72%, 56%)  Iris
#3edfd5  rgb(62, 223, 213)  hsl(176, 72%, 56%)  Turquoise
#d53edf  rgb(213, 62, 223)  hsl(296, 72%, 56%)  Medium Orchid