#DFD161#DFD161

#DFD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.134 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD161
RGB	rgb(223, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -9.06, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 56.99, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0283 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.134 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.3914, 62.1540, 20.3861)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD161 #616FDF

analogous

#DF9261 #DFD161 #AEDF61

triadic

#DFD161 #61DFD1 #D161DF

tetradic

#DFD161 #61DF92 #616FDF #DF61AE

square

#DFD161 #61DF92 #616FDF #DF61AE

split-complementary

#DFD161 #61AEDF #9261DF

monochromatic

#A49621 #D5C22E #DFD161 #E9E094 #F4EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DFD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DFD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD161

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD161	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.134 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecde91',
    500: '#dfd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd161;
$custom-light: #ecde91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85029,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD161

secondary

#3D49A7

accent

#2CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD161

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

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