#DFDD4B#DFDD4B

#DFDD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.162 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD4B
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 66.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -16.47, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 70.62, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0517 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.162 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5599, 67.9106, 16.7313)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD4B #4B4DDF

analogous

#DF934B #DFDD4B #97DF4B

triadic

#DFDD4B #4BDFDD #DD4BDF

tetradic

#DFDD4B #4BDF93 #4B4DDF #DF4B97

square

#DFDD4B #4BDF93 #4B4DDF #DF4B97

split-complementary

#DFDD4B #4B97DF #934BDF

monochromatic

#95931B #C9C724 #DFDD4B #E8E77F #F1F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DFDD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD4B

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD4B	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.162 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece785',
    500: '#dfdd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd4b;
$custom-light: #ece785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87331,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD4B

secondary

#353699

accent

#3EED3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD4B

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

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