#DFD459#DFD459

#DFD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.143 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD459
RGB	rgb(223, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -11.14, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 61.61, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0352 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.143 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7800, 63.4982, 18.7674)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD459 #5964DF

analogous

#DF9159 #DFD459 #A7DF59

triadic

#DFD459 #59DFD4 #D459DF

tetradic

#DFD459 #59DF91 #5964DF #DF59A7

square

#DFD459 #59DF91 #5964DF #DF59A7

split-complementary

#DFD459 #59A7DF #9159DF

monochromatic

#9F941F #D2C429 #DFD459 #E9E18C #F3EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DFD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DFD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD459

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD459	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.143 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece08d',
    500: '#dfd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd459;
$custom-light: #ece08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85568,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD459

secondary

#3A43A2

accent

#25D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD459

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

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