#DFD159#DFD159

#DFD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD159
RGB	rgb(223, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -9.63, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 60.51, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0309 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0371, 62.0123, 18.5197)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD159 #5967DF

analogous

#DF8E59 #DFD159 #AADF59

triadic

#DFD159 #59DFD1 #D159DF

tetradic

#DFD159 #59DF8E #5967DF #DF59AA

square

#DFD159 #59DF8E #5967DF #DF59AA

split-complementary

#DFD159 #59AADF #8E59DF

monochromatic

#9F921F #D2C129 #DFD159 #E9DF8C #F3EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DFD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DFD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD159

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD159	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecde8c',
    500: '#dfd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd159;
$custom-light: #ecde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84945,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD159

secondary

#3A45A2

accent

#29D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD159

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

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