#DFD959#DFD959

#DFD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD959
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -13.64, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 63.51, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0423 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.148 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0493, 66.0368, 19.1905)
Luminance	0.6603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD959 #595FDF

analogous

#DF9659 #DFD959 #A2DF59

triadic

#DFD959 #59DFD9 #D959DF

tetradic

#DFD959 #59DF96 #595FDF #DF59A2

square

#DFD959 #59DF96 #595FDF #DF59A2

split-complementary

#DFD959 #59A2DF #9659DF

monochromatic

#9F991F #D2CB29 #DFD959 #E9E58C #F3F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DFD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD959

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD959	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece48d',
    500: '#dfd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd959;
$custom-light: #ece48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86611,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD959

secondary

#3A3FA2

accent

#1ED016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD959

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

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