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#DFDA17

#dfda17 ≈ Dandelion

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfda17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 85.49% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.24% magenta, 89.69% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 58.5°, with 81.3% saturation and 48.24% 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 14.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dandelion (#f0e130), ΔE 3.01.

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Relative luminance0.6589

Complementary

  1. #dfda17
  2. #171cdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfda17
  2. #1780df
  3. #7617df

Analogous

  1. #df7617
  2. #dfda17
  3. #80df17

Triadic

  1. #dfda17
  2. #17dfda
  3. #da17df

Tetradic

  1. #dfda17
  2. #1cdf17
  3. #171cdf
  4. #da17df

Square

  1. #dfda17
  2. #17df76
  3. #171cdf
  4. #df1780

Monochromatic

  1. #545209
  2. #9a9610
  3. #dfda17
  4. #edea55
  5. #f5f29a

Shades

#dfda17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfda17
  2. #c9c415
  3. #b2ae12
  4. #9c9910
  5. #86830e
  6. #706d0c
  7. #595709
  8. #434107
  9. #2d2c05
  10. #161602
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfda17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfda17
  2. #e2de2e
  3. #e5e145
  4. #e9e55d
  5. #ece974
  6. #efed8b
  7. #f2f0a2
  8. #f5f4b9
  9. #f9f8d1
  10. #fcfbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfda17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfda17
  2. #d6d122
  3. #ccc82c
  4. #c3bf37
  5. #b9b641
  6. #b0ad4c
  7. #a6a456
  8. #9d9b61
  9. #93926b
  10. #8a8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9d6a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edd100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f0d730 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0cbba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e8d500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9d828 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9d194 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfda17 {
  color: #dfda17;
}
Background
.bg-dfda17 {
  background-color: #dfda17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfda17 {
  border: 2px solid #dfda17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfda17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 218 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 81% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfda17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfda17, #80df17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfda17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 218 23 / 0.35);
}

#f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 3.01 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 3.13 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 3.94 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.13 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 5.56 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 5.88 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 6.37 #2025e8 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Dandelion
#dfda17  rgb(223, 218, 23)  hsl(59, 81%, 48%)  Dandelion
#171cdf  rgb(23, 28, 223)  hsl(239, 81%, 48%)  Blue
#17dfda  rgb(23, 223, 218)  hsl(179, 81%, 48%)  Bright Turquoise
#da17df  rgb(218, 23, 223)  hsl(299, 81%, 48%)  Medium Orchid