Information about #DFDC57 color

#DFDC57 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DFDC57 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(223, 220, 87) — 87.5% red, 86.3% green, 34.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 53 / 13. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #DFDC57 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brilliant Gold (#E7D551). Slightly further away sit Maximum Green Yellow (#D9E650) and Brilliant Yellow (#E7E751).

In RGB terms — rgb(223, 220, 87) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 14.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DFDC57 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DFDC57 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DFDC57 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DFDC57

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

#DFDC57 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DFDC57
  • RGB223, 220, 87
  • CMYK0, 1, 53, 13
  • HSL59°, 68%, 61%
  • HSL Precise58.676°, 68%, 60.784%
  • HSV59°, 61%, 87%
  • HSB59°, 61%, 87%
  • HEX IDDFDC57
  • DECIMAL ID14670935
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.1%
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