#DFDD44#DFDD44

#DFDD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.167 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD44
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -16.83, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 73.16, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0534 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.167 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3333, 67.8200, 15.5382)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD44 #4446DF

analogous

#DF9044 #DFDD44 #93DF44

triadic

#DFDD44 #44DFDD #DD44DF

tetradic

#DFDD44 #44DF90 #4446DF #DF4493

square

#DFDD44 #44DF90 #4446DF #DF4493

split-complementary

#DFDD44 #4493DF #9044DF

monochromatic

#908E19 #C4C222 #DFDD44 #E8E778 #F1F0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DFDD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD44

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD44	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.167 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede781',
    500: '#dfdd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd44;
$custom-light: #ede781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87281,
    "c": 0.16693,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD44

secondary

#323495

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD44

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

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