#DFDC51#DFDC51

#DFDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.157 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDC51
RGB	rgb(223, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -15.63, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 67.93, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0488 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.157 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5118, 67.4702, 17.7765)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDC51 #5154DF

analogous

#DF9551 #DFDC51 #9BDF51

triadic

#DFDC51 #51DFDC #DC51DF

tetradic

#DFDC51 #51DF95 #5154DF #DF519B

square

#DFDC51 #51DF95 #5154DF #DF519B

split-complementary

#DFDC51 #519BDF #9551DF

monochromatic

#99971C #CDCA26 #DFDC51 #E9E685 #F2F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DFDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DFDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDC51

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDC51	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.157 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece688',
    500: '#dfdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdc51;
$custom-light: #ece688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87169,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDC51

secondary

#37399D

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDC51

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

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