#DFD83E#DFD83E

#DFD83E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.166 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD83E
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 72.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -14.64, 71.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 73.46, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0478 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.166 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8590, 65.1495, 14.1892)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD83E #3E45DF

analogous

#DF873E #DFD83E #96DF3E

triadic

#DFD83E #3EDFD8 #D83EDF

tetradic

#DFD83E #3EDF87 #3E45DF #DF3E96

square

#DFD83E #3EDF87 #3E45DF #DF3E96

split-complementary

#DFD83E #3E96DF #873EDF

monochromatic

#8B8617 #C0B920 #DFD83E #E8E372 #F0EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DFD83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DFD83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD83E

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD83E	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.166 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede37e',
    500: '#dfd83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd83e;
$custom-light: #ede37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 71.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86188,
    "c": 0.16582,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD83E

secondary

#303491

accent

#41EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD83E

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

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