#DFD55E#DFD55E

#DFD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD55E
RGB	rgb(223, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 57.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -11.30, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 59.83, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0351 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.14 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2479, 64.0865, 19.9945)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD55E #5E68DF

analogous

#DF955E #DFD55E #A8DF5E

triadic

#DFD55E #5EDFD5 #D55EDF

tetradic

#DFD55E #5EDF95 #5E68DF #DF5EA8

square

#DFD55E #5EDF95 #5E68DF #DF5EA8

split-complementary

#DFD55E #5EA8DF #955EDF

monochromatic

#A29820 #D5C82B #DFD55E #E9E291 #F3F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DFD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DFD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD55E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD55E	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece190',
    500: '#dfd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd55e;
$custom-light: #ece190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85827,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD55E

secondary

#3C44A5

accent

#25CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD55E

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

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