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#FFDD23

#ffdd23 ≈ Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffdd23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 86.67% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 86.27% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.73°, with 100% saturation and 56.86% 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 15.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Golden Yellow (#ffdf00), ΔE 1.19.

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Relative luminance0.7309

Complementary

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #2345ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #23b3ff
  3. #6f23ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6f23
  2. #ffdd23
  3. #b3ff23

Triadic

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #23ffdd
  3. #dd23ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #45ff23
  3. #2345ff
  4. #dd23ff

Square

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #23ff6f
  3. #2345ff
  4. #ff23b3

Monochromatic

  1. #897400
  2. #d5b500
  3. #ffdd23
  4. #ffe96f
  5. #fff5bc

Shades

#ffdd23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #e6c720
  3. #ccb11c
  4. #b39b19
  5. #998515
  6. #806f12
  7. #66580e
  8. #4d420b
  9. #332c07
  10. #1a1604
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffdd23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #ffe039
  3. #ffe44f
  4. #ffe765
  5. #ffeb7b
  6. #ffee91
  7. #fff1a7
  8. #fff5bd
  9. #fff8d3
  10. #fffce9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffdd23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffdd23
  2. #f2d42c
  3. #e6ca36
  4. #d9c13f
  5. #ccb848
  6. #c0af52
  7. #b3a55b
  8. #a69c64
  9. #99936d
  10. #8d8977
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ecdeb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5d800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde335 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcbbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f9da00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fee12f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd298 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffdd23 {
  color: #ffdd23;
}
Background
.bg-ffdd23 {
  background-color: #ffdd23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffdd23 {
  border: 2px solid #ffdd23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffdd23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 221 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffdd23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffdd23, #b3ff23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffdd23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 221 35 / 0.35);
}

#ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 1.19 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.39 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 1.92 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.12 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.15 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.59 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.67 #0022dc Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffdd23  rgb(255, 221, 35)  hsl(51, 100%, 57%)  Golden Yellow
#2345ff  rgb(35, 69, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 57%)  Majorelle Blue
#23ffdd  rgb(35, 255, 221)  hsl(171, 100%, 57%)  Turquoise Blue
#dd23ff  rgb(221, 35, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 57%)  Fuchsia