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#ffdf00 Golden Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffdf00 (Golden Yellow) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 87.45% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 52.47°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 15.81:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.7404

Complementary

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #0020ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #00a0ff
  3. #5f00ff

Analogous

  1. #ff5f00
  2. #ffdf00
  3. #a0ff00

Triadic

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #00ffdf
  3. #df00ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #20ff00
  3. #0020ff
  4. #df00ff

Square

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #00ff5f
  3. #0020ff
  4. #ff00a0

Monochromatic

  1. #665900
  2. #b39c00
  3. #ffdf00
  4. #ffe94d
  5. #fff299

Shades

#ffdf00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #e6c900
  3. #ccb200
  4. #b39c00
  5. #998600
  6. #807000
  7. #665900
  8. #4d4300
  9. #332d00
  10. #1a1600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffdf00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #ffe21a
  3. #ffe533
  4. #ffe94d
  5. #ffec66
  6. #ffef80
  7. #fff299
  8. #fff5b3
  9. #fff9cc
  10. #fffce6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffdf00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffdf00
  2. #f2d60d
  3. #e6cc1a
  4. #d9c326
  5. #ccb933
  6. #c0b040
  7. #b3a64d
  8. #a69d5a
  9. #999366
  10. #8d8a73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eddfb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7d900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe427 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffcdbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fadb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ffe21c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffd497 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffdf00 {
  color: #ffdf00;
}
Background
.bg-ffdf00 {
  background-color: #ffdf00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffdf00 {
  border: 2px solid #ffdf00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffdf00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 223 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffdf00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffdf00, #a0ff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffdf00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 223 0 / 0.35);
}

#ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 1.78 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 2.53 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.83 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 4.33 #ffef00 Canary Yellow ΔE 4.74 #fdee00 Aureolin ΔE 4.77 #0020ff Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Golden Yellow
#ffdf00  rgb(255, 223, 0)  hsl(52, 100%, 50%)  Golden Yellow
#0020ff  rgb(0, 32, 255)  hsl(232, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#00ffdf  rgb(0, 255, 223)  hsl(172, 100%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#df00ff  rgb(223, 0, 255)  hsl(292, 100%, 50%)  Fuchsia