#DFD540#DFD540

#DFD540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.162 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD540
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -13.05, 70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 71.74, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0432 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.162 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.1533, 63.6487, 14.2297)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD540 #404ADF

analogous

#DF8640 #DFD540 #9ADF40

triadic

#DFD540 #40DFD5 #D540DF

tetradic

#DFD540 #40DF86 #404ADF #DF409A

square

#DFD540 #40DF86 #404ADF #DF409A

split-complementary

#DFD540 #409ADF #8640DF

monochromatic

#8D8618 #C1B720 #DFD540 #E8E174 #F1ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DFD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DFD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD540

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD540	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.162 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede17f',
    500: '#dfd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd540;
$custom-light: #ede17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85572,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD540

secondary

#313792

accent

#45EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD540

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

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