#DFD957#DFD957

#DFD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.150 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD957
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -13.77, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 64.35, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0429 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9665, 66.0036, 18.7542)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD957 #575DDF

analogous

#DF9557 #DFD957 #A1DF57

triadic

#DFD957 #57DFD9 #D957DF

tetradic

#DFD957 #57DF95 #575DDF #DF57A1

square

#DFD957 #57DF95 #575DDF #DF57A1

split-complementary

#DFD957 #57A1DF #9557DF

monochromatic

#9E981E #D1CA28 #DFD957 #E9E58A #F3F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DFD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD957

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD957	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece48c',
    500: '#dfd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd957;
$custom-light: #ece48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86592,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD957

secondary

#393EA1

accent

#1ED016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD957

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

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