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#DFD733 — Yellow

#DFD733 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #DFD733 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DFD733 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #343DDF; it also sits naturally between #DF8134 and #92DF34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFD733 · RGB 223, 215, 51

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Color values

HEX#DFD733
RGB223, 215, 51
HSL57°, 73%, 54%
HSV57°, 77%, 87%
CMYK0%, 4%, 77%, 13%
XYZ55.33, 64.53, 12.67
Yxy64.53, 0.4175, 0.4869
CIE-Lab84.24, -14.58, 75.18
Hunter Lab80.33, -13.55, 44.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 84% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 77% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DFD733 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFD733 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFD733

.text { color: #DFD733; }
.background { background-color: #DFD733; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFD733; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 215, 51); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 73%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFD733; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 215, 51, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFD733; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 215, 51, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFD733">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFD733">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFD733

#D8CF22#C2BA1E#ACA51B#969017#807B14#6A6511#54500D#3E3B0A#282606#121103

Tints of #DFD733

#E2DA46#E5DE57#E8E26D#EBE67F#EEE991#F1EDA2#F3F0B4#F7F5CA#F9F8DC#FCFCED

Tones of #DFD733

#D4CC40#C7C14D#BBB658#AEAA65#A2A071#95947E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #343DDF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFD733: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFD733

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DFD733: ·

How #DFD733 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DCDB5BDeuteranopia · #DCDD64Tritanopia · #DF7A81

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFD733 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Saffron
#DDDB30 · #A7DB5B · #40C225 · #3FE86A
Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Amber Ruby Breeze
#8A9416 · #E1E237 · #6358E7 · #B3ACED
Palette 0d0b61
#0D0B61 · #294669 · #478B8D · #E4D329
Silent Marble
#DF3D9D · #DC3244 · #CC601B · #E4D03E
Dreamy Ruby Petal
#F7F1CF · #F2E6A1 · #E6CB38 · #685A0D

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DDDB30#E5D93C#E1E237#E4D329#E4D03E#E6CB38#D2DE32#E1CB3D#D7CA2D#D9DA42#D2D929#DEDA22

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFD732  ·  #DFD734 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFD733?

#DFD733 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 215, 51). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFD733?

#DFD733 is RGB 223, 215, 51 — HSL 57°, 73%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 77%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFD733?

Its complement is #343DDF; analogous partners are #DF8134 and #92DF34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFD733 for text?

Black text on #DFD733 has a contrast ratio of 13.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.