#DFDE51#DFDE51

#DFDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDE51
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -16.62, 66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 68.70, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0515 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.159 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0398, 68.5263, 17.9525)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDE51 #5152DF

analogous

#DF9751 #DFDE51 #99DF51

triadic

#DFDE51 #51DFDE #DE51DF

tetradic

#DFDE51 #51DF97 #5152DF #DF5199

square

#DFDE51 #51DF97 #5152DF #DF5199

split-complementary

#DFDE51 #5199DF #9751DF

monochromatic

#99991C #CDCC26 #DFDE51 #E9E885 #F2F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DFDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDE51

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDE51	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfde51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece889',
    500: '#dfde51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfde51;
$custom-light: #ece889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfde51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8759,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDE51

secondary

#37389D

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDE51

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

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