#DFD85B#DFD85B

#DFD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.146 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD85B
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -13.01, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 62.28, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0403 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.146 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8775, 65.5569, 19.5532)
Luminance	0.6555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD85B #5B62DF

analogous

#DF965B #DFD85B #A4DF5B

triadic

#DFD85B #5BDFD8 #D85BDF

tetradic

#DFD85B #5BDF96 #5B62DF #DF5BA4

square

#DFD85B #5BDF96 #5B62DF #DF5BA4

split-complementary

#DFD85B #5BA4DF #965BDF

monochromatic

#A0991F #D4CA29 #DFD85B #E9E48E #F3F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#DFD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD85B

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD85B	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.146 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece38e',
    500: '#dfd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd85b;
$custom-light: #ece38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86422,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD85B

secondary

#3B40A3

accent

#20CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD85B

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

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