#DFD261#DFD261

#DFD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD261
RGB	rgb(223, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -9.57, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 57.36, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0298 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6376, 62.6462, 20.4681)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD261 #616EDF

analogous

#DF9361 #DFD261 #ADDF61

triadic

#DFD261 #61DFD2 #D261DF

tetradic

#DFD261 #61DF93 #616EDF #DF61AD

square

#DFD261 #61DF93 #616EDF #DF61AD

split-complementary

#DFD261 #61ADDF #9361DF

monochromatic

#A49721 #D5C42E #DFD261 #E9E094 #F4EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DFD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DFD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD261

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD261	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdf91',
    500: '#dfd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd261;
$custom-light: #ecdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85236,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD261

secondary

#3D48A7

accent

#2ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD261

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →