#DFDD5D#DFDD5D

#DFDD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDD5D
RGB	rgb(223, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -15.35, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 63.40, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0467 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.2654, 68.1928, 20.4471)
Luminance	0.6819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDD5D #5D5FDF

analogous

#DF9C5D #DFDD5D #A0DF5D

triadic

#DFDD5D #5DDFDD #DD5DDF

tetradic

#DFDD5D #5DDF9C #5D5FDF #DF5DA0

square

#DFDD5D #5DDF9C #5D5FDF #DF5DA0

split-complementary

#DFDD5D #5DA0DF #9C5DDF

monochromatic

#A2A020 #D5D22A #DFDD5D #E9E890 #F3F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DFDD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDD5D

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDD5D	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece790',
    500: '#dfdd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdd5d;
$custom-light: #ece790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87489,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDD5D

secondary

#3C3DA5

accent

#19CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDD5D

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

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