#DFD040#DFD040

#DFD040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.158 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD040
RGB	rgb(223, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -10.55, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 70.07, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0361 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.158 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9150, 61.1721, 13.8169)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD040 #404FDF

analogous

#DF8140 #DFD040 #9EDF40

triadic

#DFD040 #40DFD0 #D040DF

tetradic

#DFD040 #40DF81 #404FDF #DF409E

square

#DFD040 #40DF81 #404FDF #DF409E

split-complementary

#DFD040 #409EDF #8140DF

monochromatic

#8D8218 #C1B220 #DFD040 #E8DD74 #F1EAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DFD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DFD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD040

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD040	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.158 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edde7e',
    500: '#dfd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd040;
$custom-light: #edde7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84528,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD040

secondary

#313A92

accent

#4BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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