#DFD440#DFD440

#DFD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.161 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD440
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -12.55, 70.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 71.40, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0418 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.161 105)
XYZ	xyz(54.9026, 63.1472, 14.1461)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD440 #404BDF

analogous

#DF8540 #DFD440 #9BDF40

triadic

#DFD440 #40DFD4 #D440DF

tetradic

#DFD440 #40DF85 #404BDF #DF409B

square

#DFD440 #40DF85 #404BDF #DF409B

split-complementary

#DFD440 #409BDF #8540DF

monochromatic

#8D8518 #C1B620 #DFD440 #E8E074 #F1ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DFD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DFD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD440

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD440	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.161 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede07e',
    500: '#dfd440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd440;
$custom-light: #ede07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.849,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85363,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD440

secondary

#313892

accent

#46EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD440

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

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