#DFD961#DFD961

#DFD961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.141 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFD961
RGB	rgb(223, 217, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -13.08, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 60.07, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0398 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.141 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4037, 66.1785, 21.0569)
Luminance	0.6618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFD961 #6167DF

analogous

#DF9A61 #DFD961 #A6DF61

triadic

#DFD961 #61DFD9 #D961DF

tetradic

#DFD961 #61DF9A #6167DF #DF61A6

square

#DFD961 #61DF9A #6167DF #DF61A6

split-complementary

#DFD961 #61A6DF #9A61DF

monochromatic

#A49E21 #D5CD2E #DFD961 #E9E594 #F4F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DFD961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DFD961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFD961

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFD961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFD961	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfd961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 217, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.141 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece492',
    500: '#dfd961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfd961;
$custom-light: #ece492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfd961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86692,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFD961

secondary

#3D42A7

accent

#20CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFD961

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

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