#DFD861#DFD861

#DFD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.140 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD861
RGB	rgb(223, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -12.58, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 59.68, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0384 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.14 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1467, 65.6646, 20.9712)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD861 #6168DF

analogous

#DF9961 #DFD861 #A7DF61

triadic

#DFD861 #61DFD8 #D861DF

tetradic

#DFD861 #61DF99 #6168DF #DF61A7

square

#DFD861 #61DF99 #6168DF #DF61A7

split-complementary

#DFD861 #61A7DF #9961DF

monochromatic

#A49D21 #D5CB2E #DFD861 #E9E594 #F4F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DFD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DFD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD861

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD861	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.140 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece392',
    500: '#dfd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd861;
$custom-light: #ece392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD861

secondary

#3D43A7

accent

#21CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD861

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

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