#DFD851#DFD851

#DFD851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.153 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD851
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -13.65, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 66.42, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0432 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.153 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4745, 65.3957, 17.4308)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD851 #5158DF

analogous

#DF9151 #DFD851 #9FDF51

triadic

#DFD851 #51DFD8 #D851DF

tetradic

#DFD851 #51DF91 #5158DF #DF519F

square

#DFD851 #51DF91 #5158DF #DF519F

split-complementary

#DFD851 #519FDF #9151DF

monochromatic

#99931C #CDC526 #DFD851 #E9E485 #F2EFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DFD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD851

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD851	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.153 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece388',
    500: '#dfd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd851;
$custom-light: #ece388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86329,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD851

secondary

#373C9D

accent

#45EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD851

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

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