#DFDD53#DFDD53

#DFDD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD53
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -16.01, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 67.52, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0496 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8511, 68.0271, 18.2651)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD53 #5355DF

analogous

#DF9753 #DFDD53 #9BDF53

triadic

#DFDD53 #53DFDD #DD53DF

tetradic

#DFDD53 #53DF97 #5355DF #DF539B

square

#DFDD53 #53DF97 #5355DF #DF539B

split-complementary

#DFDD53 #539BDF #9753DF

monochromatic

#9B991D #CECC26 #DFDD53 #E9E787 #F2F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DFDD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD53

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD53	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece78a',
    500: '#dfdd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd53;
$custom-light: #ece78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87397,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD53

secondary

#38399F

accent

#3FEB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD53

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

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