#DFD85E#DFD85E

#DFD85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD85E
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 57.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -12.80, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 60.99, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0393 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.143 106)
XYZ	xyz(57.0095, 65.6097, 20.2484)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD85E #5E65DF

analogous

#DF985E #DFD85E #A6DF5E

triadic

#DFD85E #5EDFD8 #D85EDF

tetradic

#DFD85E #5EDF98 #5E65DF #DF5EA6

square

#DFD85E #5EDF98 #5E65DF #DF5EA6

split-complementary

#DFD85E #5EA6DF #985EDF

monochromatic

#A29B20 #D5CC2B #DFD85E #E9E491 #F3F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DFD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD85E

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD85E	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece390',
    500: '#dfd85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd85e;
$custom-light: #ece390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86452,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.65608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD85E

secondary

#3C42A5

accent

#21CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD85E

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

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