#DFD55B#DFD55B

#DFD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.143 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD55B
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -11.51, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 61.13, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.036 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.143 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1159, 64.0337, 19.2993)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD55B #5B65DF

analogous

#DF935B #DFD55B #A7DF5B

triadic

#DFD55B #5BDFD5 #D55BDF

tetradic

#DFD55B #5BDF93 #5B65DF #DF5BA7

square

#DFD55B #5BDF93 #5B65DF #DF5BA7

split-complementary

#DFD55B #5BA7DF #935BDF

monochromatic

#A0971F #D4C729 #DFD55B #E9E28E #F3EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DFD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DFD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD55B

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD55B	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.143 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece18e',
    500: '#dfd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd55b;
$custom-light: #ece18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD55B

secondary

#3B43A3

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD55B

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

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