#DFDD4D#DFDD4D

#DFDD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD4D
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -16.36, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 69.86, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0512 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6294, 67.9384, 17.0975)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD4D #4D4FDF

analogous

#DF944D #DFDD4D #98DF4D

triadic

#DFDD4D #4DDFDD #DD4DDF

tetradic

#DFDD4D #4DDF94 #4D4FDF #DF4D98

square

#DFDD4D #4DDF94 #4D4FDF #DF4D98

split-complementary

#DFDD4D #4D98DF #944DDF

monochromatic

#97951B #CAC824 #DFDD4D #E8E781 #F2F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DFDD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD4D

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD4D	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.161 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece786',
    500: '#dfdd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd4d;
$custom-light: #ece786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87347,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD4D

secondary

#35379B

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD4D

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

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