#DFD257#DFD257

#DFD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD257
RGB	rgb(223, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -10.27, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 61.73, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0329 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2003, 62.4713, 18.1655)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD257 #5764DF

analogous

#DF8E57 #DFD257 #A8DF57

triadic

#DFD257 #57DFD2 #D257DF

tetradic

#DFD257 #57DF8E #5764DF #DF57A8

square

#DFD257 #57DF8E #5764DF #DF57A8

split-complementary

#DFD257 #57A8DF #8E57DF

monochromatic

#9E911E #D1C128 #DFD257 #E9E08A #F3EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DFD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DFD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD257

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD257	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdf8b',
    500: '#dfd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd257;
$custom-light: #ecdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85133,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD257

secondary

#3943A1

accent

#27D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD257

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

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