#DFDD4E#DFDD4E

#DFDD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.160 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD4E
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -16.30, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 69.48, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0509 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.16 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6650, 67.9527, 17.2848)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD4E #4E50DF

analogous

#DF954E #DFDD4E #99DF4E

triadic

#DFDD4E #4EDFDD #DD4EDF

tetradic

#DFDD4E #4EDF95 #4E50DF #DF4E99

square

#DFDD4E #4EDF95 #4E50DF #DF4E99

split-complementary

#DFDD4E #4E99DF #954EDF

monochromatic

#97961B #CBC925 #DFDD4E #E8E782 #F2F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DFDD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD4E

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD4E	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)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.160 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece787',
    500: '#dfdd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd4e;
$custom-light: #ece787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87355,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD4E

secondary

#36379B

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD4E

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

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