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#DFD918

#dfd918 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfd918 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.1% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.69% magenta, 89.24% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 58.19°, 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 14.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 2.98.

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Relative luminance0.6538

Complementary

  1. #dfd918
  2. #181edf

Split complementary

  1. #dfd918
  2. #1881df
  3. #7518df

Analogous

  1. #df7518
  2. #dfd918
  3. #81df18

Triadic

  1. #dfd918
  2. #18dfd9
  3. #d918df

Tetradic

  1. #dfd918
  2. #1edf18
  3. #181edf
  4. #d918df

Square

  1. #dfd918
  2. #18df75
  3. #181edf
  4. #df1881

Monochromatic

  1. #555309
  2. #9a9611
  3. #dfd918
  4. #ede857
  5. #f4f29c

Shades

#dfd918 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfd918
  2. #c9c316
  3. #b2ae13
  4. #9c9811
  5. #86820e
  6. #706d0c
  7. #59570a
  8. #434107
  9. #2d2b05
  10. #161602
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfd918 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfd918
  2. #e2dd2f
  3. #e5e146
  4. #e9e45d
  5. #ece874
  6. #efec8c
  7. #f2f0a3
  8. #f5f4ba
  9. #f9f7d1
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfd918 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfd918
  2. #d6d022
  3. #ccc72d
  4. #c3be37
  5. #b9b542
  6. #b0ad4c
  7. #a6a456
  8. #9d9b61
  9. #93926b
  10. #8a8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8d6a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecd000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #efd630 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0cab9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d728 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9d094 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfd918 {
  color: #dfd918;
}
Background
.bg-dfd918 {
  background-color: #dfd918;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfd918 {
  border: 2px solid #dfd918;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfd918;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 217 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfd918 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfd918, #81df18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfd918 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 217 24 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.98 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.28 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.66 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.36 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.66 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.97 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.25 #2026e7 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#dfd918  rgb(223, 217, 24)  hsl(58, 81%, 48%)  Dandelion
#181edf  rgb(24, 30, 223)  hsl(238, 81%, 48%)  Blue
#18dfd9  rgb(24, 223, 217)  hsl(178, 81%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#d918df  rgb(217, 24, 223)  hsl(298, 81%, 48%)  Medium Orchid