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#DFDA35 — Yellow

#DFDA35 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 #DFDA35 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.

#DFDA35 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.

#DFDA35 · RGB 223, 218, 53

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Color values

HEX#DFDA35
RGB223, 218, 53
HSL58°, 73%, 54%
HSV58°, 76%, 87%
CMYK0%, 2%, 76%, 13%
XYZ56.15, 66.09, 13.17
Yxy66.09, 0.4147, 0.4881
CIE-Lab85.04, -15.99, 75.31
Hunter Lab81.29, -14.88, 44.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 85% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 76% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFDA35 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFDA35 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFDA35

.text { color: #DFDA35; }
.background { background-color: #DFDA35; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFDA35; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 218, 53); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 73%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFDA35; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 218, 53, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFDA35; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 218, 53, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFDA35">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFDA35">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFDA35

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

Tints of #DFDA35

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

Tones of #DFDA35

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #343ADF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFDA35: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFDA35

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 #DFDA35: ·

How #DFDA35 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDD5DDeuteranopia · #DDDE66Tritanopia · #DF7C83

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 #DFDA35 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 61a3ba
#61A3BA · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Palette 016a70
#016A70 · #FFFFDD · #D2DE32 · #A2C579
Rustic Ruby Bloom
#C96A4D · #B27D25 · #D9DA42 · #5E861F

Similar colors

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

#DDDB30#E1E237#E5D93C#D2DE32#D9DA42#E4D03E#E4D329#E6CB38#E1CB3D#D2D929#DEDA22#E8EA3B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFDA34  ·  #DFDA36 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFDA35?

#DFDA35 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 218, 53). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFDA35?

#DFDA35 is RGB 223, 218, 53 — HSL 58°, 73%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 76%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFDA35?

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

Can I use #DFDA35 for text?

Black text on #DFDA35 has a contrast ratio of 14.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.