#DFDD55#DFDD55

#DFDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD55
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -15.88, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 66.72, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0491 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9294, 68.0585, 18.6776)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD55 #5557DF

analogous

#DF9855 #DFDD55 #9CDF55

triadic

#DFDD55 #55DFDD #DD55DF

tetradic

#DFDD55 #55DF98 #5557DF #DF559C

square

#DFDD55 #55DF98 #5557DF #DF559C

split-complementary

#DFDD55 #559CDF #9855DF

monochromatic

#9C9A1D #D0CD27 #DFDD55 #E9E789 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DFDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD55

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD55	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)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece78b',
    500: '#dfdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd55;
$custom-light: #ece78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87414,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD55

secondary

#383AA0

accent

#18D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD55

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

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