#DFDC59#DFDC59

#DFDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDC59
RGB	rgb(223, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -15.13, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 64.68, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0465 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8296, 67.5974, 19.4506)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDC59 #595CDF

analogous

#DF9959 #DFDC59 #9FDF59

triadic

#DFDC59 #59DFDC #DC59DF

tetradic

#DFDC59 #59DF99 #595CDF #DF599F

square

#DFDC59 #59DF99 #595CDF #DF599F

split-complementary

#DFDC59 #599FDF #9959DF

monochromatic

#9F9C1F #D2CE29 #DFDC59 #E9E78C #F3F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DFDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DFDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDC59

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDC59	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece68d',
    500: '#dfdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdc59;
$custom-light: #ece68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8724,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDC59

secondary

#3A3CA2

accent

#1AD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDC59

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

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