#DFD759#DFD759

#DFD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD759
RGB	rgb(223, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -12.64, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 62.75, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0394 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.146 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5369, 65.0120, 19.0197)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD759 #5961DF

analogous

#DF9459 #DFD759 #A4DF59

triadic

#DFD759 #59DFD7 #D759DF

tetradic

#DFD759 #59DF94 #5961DF #DF59A4

square

#DFD759 #59DF94 #5961DF #DF59A4

split-complementary

#DFD759 #59A4DF #9459DF

monochromatic

#9F971F #D2C829 #DFD759 #E9E38C #F3F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DFD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DFD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD759

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD759	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece38d',
    500: '#dfd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd759;
$custom-light: #ece38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86193,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD759

secondary

#3A40A2

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD759

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

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