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#DFDA33 — Yellow

#DFDA33 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 #DFDA33 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.

#DFDA33 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 #343ADF; it also sits naturally between #DF8434 and #8FDF34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFDA33 · RGB 223, 218, 51

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Color values

HEX#DFDA33
RGB223, 218, 51
HSL58°, 73%, 54%
HSV58°, 77%, 87%
CMYK0%, 2%, 77%, 13%
XYZ56.10, 66.07, 12.93
Yxy66.07, 0.4153, 0.4891
CIE-Lab85.03, -16.07, 75.89
Hunter Lab81.28, -14.94, 44.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 85% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 77% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFDA33 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFDA33 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFDA33

.text { color: #DFDA33; }
.background { background-color: #DFDA33; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFDA33; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 218, 51); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 73%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFDA33; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 218, 51, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFDA33; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 218, 51, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFDA33">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFDA33">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFDA33

#D8D222#C2BD1E#ACA71B#969217#807C14#6A6711#54510D#3E3C0A#282706#121103

Tints of #DFDA33

#E2DD46#E5E057#E8E46D#EBE77F#EEEB91#F1EEA2#F3F1B4#F7F5CA#F9F8DC#FCFCED

Tones of #DFDA33

#D4CF40#C7C34D#BBB858#AEAC65#A2A171#95957E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #343ADF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFDA33: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFDA33

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 #DFDA33: ·

How #DFDA33 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDD5BDeuteranopia · #DDDE65Tritanopia · #DF7B82

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 #DFDA33 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Saffron
#DDDB30 · #A7DB5B · #40C225 · #3FE86A
Amber Ruby Breeze
#8A9416 · #E1E237 · #6358E7 · #B3ACED
Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Palette 0d0b61
#0D0B61 · #294669 · #478B8D · #E4D329
Palette 61a3ba
#61A3BA · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Palette 016a70
#016A70 · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579

Similar colors

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

#DDDB30#E1E237#E5D93C#E4D329#D2DE32#E4D03E#D9DA42#D2D929#DEDA22#E6CB38#E1CB3D#D8E324

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFDA32  ·  #DFDA34 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFDA33?

#DFDA33 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 218, 51). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFDA33?

#DFDA33 is RGB 223, 218, 51 — HSL 58°, 73%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 77%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFDA33?

Its complement is #343ADF; analogous partners are #DF8434 and #8FDF34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFDA33 for text?

Black text on #DFDA33 has a contrast ratio of 14.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.