#DFD240#DFD240

#DFD240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.159 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD240
RGB	rgb(223, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -11.55, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 70.73, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.039 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.159 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4057, 62.1535, 13.9805)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD240 #404DDF

analogous

#DF8340 #DFD240 #9DDF40

triadic

#DFD240 #40DFD2 #D240DF

tetradic

#DFD240 #40DF83 #404DDF #DF409D

square

#DFD240 #40DF83 #404DDF #DF409D

split-complementary

#DFD240 #409DDF #8340DF

monochromatic

#8D8318 #C1B420 #DFD240 #E8DE74 #F1EBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DFD240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DFD240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD240

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD240	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)

#E5CB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.159 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddf7e',
    500: '#dfd240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd240;
$custom-light: #eddf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.094,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84945,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD240

secondary

#313992

accent

#48EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD240

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

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