#DFDD57#DFDD57

#DFDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD57
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -15.76, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 65.90, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0485 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0100, 68.0907, 19.1020)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD57 #5759DF

analogous

#DF9957 #DFDD57 #9DDF57

triadic

#DFDD57 #57DFDD #DD57DF

tetradic

#DFDD57 #57DF99 #5759DF #DF579D

square

#DFDD57 #57DF99 #5759DF #DF579D

split-complementary

#DFDD57 #579DDF #9957DF

monochromatic

#9E9C1E #D1CF28 #DFDD57 #E9E78A #F3F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DFDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD57

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD57	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece78c',
    500: '#dfdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd57;
$custom-light: #ece78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87432,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD57

secondary

#393BA1

accent

#18D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD57

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

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