#DFDD5B#DFDD5B

#DFDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD5B
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -15.49, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 64.24, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0473 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.1780, 68.1579, 19.9867)
Luminance	0.6816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD5B #5B5DDF

analogous

#DF9B5B #DFDD5B #9FDF5B

triadic

#DFDD5B #5BDFDD #DD5BDF

tetradic

#DFDD5B #5BDF9B #5B5DDF #DF5B9F

square

#DFDD5B #5BDF9B #5B5DDF #DF5B9F

split-complementary

#DFDD5B #5B9FDF #9B5BDF

monochromatic

#A09E1F #D4D129 #DFDD5B #E9E88E #F3F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DFDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#DFDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD5B

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD5B	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece78e',
    500: '#dfdd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd5b;
$custom-light: #ece78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD5B

secondary

#3B3CA3

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD5B

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

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