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#DFEB05 — Vivid Yellow

#DFEB05 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 #DFEB05 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.

#DFEB05 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 #1005EB; it also sits naturally between #EB8305 and #6CEB05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEB05 · RGB 223, 235, 5

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Color values

HEX#DFEB05
RGB223, 235, 5
HSL63°, 96%, 47%
HSV63°, 98%, 92%
CMYK5%, 0%, 98%, 8%
XYZ60.17, 75.12, 11.47
Yxy75.12, 0.4100, 0.5118
CIE-Lab89.45, -25.20, 87.35
Hunter Lab86.67, -23.49, 49.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 92% · Blue 2%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 98% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFEB05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFEB05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFEB05

.text { color: #DFEB05; }
.background { background-color: #DFEB05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEB05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 235, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 96%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEB05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 235, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEB05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 235, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFEB05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFEB05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFEB05

#CCD704#B5BE04#A2AA03#8F9603#7C8203#646902#515502#3E4101#262801#131400

Tints of #DFEB05

#EEFA0F#F0FB28#F2FB41#F4FC5A#F5FC73#F7FD87#F8FDA0#FAFEB9#FCFED2#FEFFEB

Tones of #DFEB05

#D0DA16#C2CB25#B3BA36#A4A947#959857#878967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1005EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text16.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEB05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEB05

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 #DFEB05: ·

How #DFEB05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E43DDeuteranopia · #E4E34ATritanopia · #E06972

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 · #FFC107Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFEB05 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette Cff800
#CFF800 · #FEFF92 · #0FEFBD · #7899DC
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Rustic Garden
#A56C12 · #CEE415 · #458C15 · #4AE358

Similar colors

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

#E1E100#D4F000#EBF400#CFF800#EBDD12#CEE415#D4D713#F9E400#D4E41F#FCE700#DBF720#F7FD04

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEB04  ·  #DFEB06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEB05?

#DFEB05 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 235, 5). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEB05?

#DFEB05 is RGB 223, 235, 5 — HSL 63°, 96%, 47% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 98%, 8%.

What colors go with #DFEB05?

Its complement is #1005EB; analogous partners are #EB8305 and #6CEB05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEB05 for text?

Black text on #DFEB05 has a contrast ratio of 16.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.