#DFDD59#DFDD59

#DFDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.152 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD59
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -15.63, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 65.08, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0479 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.152 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0929, 68.1238, 19.5383)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD59 #595BDF

analogous

#DF9A59 #DFDD59 #9EDF59

triadic

#DFDD59 #59DFDD #DD59DF

tetradic

#DFDD59 #59DF9A #595BDF #DF599E

square

#DFDD59 #59DF9A #595BDF #DF599E

split-complementary

#DFDD59 #599EDF #9A59DF

monochromatic

#9F9D1F #D2D029 #DFDD59 #E9E88C #F3F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#DFDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD59

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD59	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)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.152 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece78d',
    500: '#dfdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd59;
$custom-light: #ece78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87451,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD59

secondary

#3A3BA2

accent

#19D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD59

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

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