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#DFDB03 — Vivid Yellow

#DFDB03 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #DFDB03 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.

#DFDB03 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 #0307DD; it also sits naturally between #DD6D03 and #74DD03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFDB03 · RGB 223, 219, 3

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Color values

HEX#DFDB03
RGB223, 219, 3
HSL59°, 97%, 44%
HSV59°, 99%, 87%
CMYK0%, 2%, 99%, 13%
XYZ55.78, 66.36, 9.95
Yxy66.36, 0.4223, 0.5024
CIE-Lab85.18, -17.50, 84.35
Hunter Lab81.46, -16.23, 47.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 86% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 99% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFDB03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFDB03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFDB03

.text { color: #DFDB03; }
.background { background-color: #DFDB03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFDB03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 219, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 97%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFDB03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 219, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFDB03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 219, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFDB03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFDB03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFDB03

#C9C603#B5B203#A19E02#8D8A02#797702#646302#504F01#3C3B01#282801#141400

Tints of #DFDB03

#F6F204#FBF818#FCF936#FCF94F#FDFA68#FDFB81#FDFC9B#FEFDB9#FEFED2#FFFEEB

Tones of #DFDB03

#CDCA13#BEBB23#AEAC32#9F9E41#908F51#807F60

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0307DD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFDB03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFDB03

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 #DFDB03: ·

How #DFDB03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDD37Deuteranopia · #DEDE44Tritanopia · #DF616A

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFDB03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Scarlet Marble
#D4D713 · #B2E963 · #6EE750 · #10C133
Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Rustic Garden
#A56C12 · #CEE415 · #458C15 · #4AE358
Smoky Monsoon
#152BC9 · #3534EA · #E1C817 · #F4F4C0

Similar colors

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

#E1E100#EBDD12#D4D713#D4F000#CEE415#E1C817#F9E400#EBF400#FCDA05#F4CE14#DBBF0D#DED220

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFDB02  ·  #DFDB04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFDB03?

#DFDB03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 219, 3). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFDB03?

#DFDB03 is RGB 223, 219, 3 — HSL 59°, 97%, 44% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 99%, 13%.

What colors go with #DFDB03?

Its complement is #0307DD; analogous partners are #DD6D03 and #74DD03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFDB03 for text?

Black text on #DFDB03 has a contrast ratio of 14.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.