#DFDD51#DFDD51

#DFDD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.158 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD51
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -16.13, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 68.31, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0502 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.158 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7750, 67.9967, 17.8643)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD51 #5153DF

analogous

#DF9651 #DFDD51 #9ADF51

triadic

#DFDD51 #51DFDD #DD51DF

tetradic

#DFDD51 #51DF96 #5153DF #DF519A

square

#DFDD51 #51DF96 #5153DF #DF519A

split-complementary

#DFDD51 #519ADF #9651DF

monochromatic

#99981C #CDCB26 #DFDD51 #E9E785 #F2F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#DFDD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD51

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD51	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.158 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece789',
    500: '#dfdd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd51;
$custom-light: #ece789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8738,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD51

secondary

#37389D

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD51

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

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