#DFDE55#DFDE55

#DFDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDE55
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -16.38, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 67.11, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0504 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1942, 68.5881, 18.7659)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDE55 #5556DF

analogous

#DF9955 #DFDE55 #9BDF55

triadic

#DFDE55 #55DFDE #DE55DF

tetradic

#DFDE55 #55DF99 #5556DF #DF559B

square

#DFDE55 #55DF99 #5556DF #DF559B

split-complementary

#DFDE55 #559BDF #9955DF

monochromatic

#9C9B1D #D0CE27 #DFDE55 #E9E889 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DFDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDE55

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDE55	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfde55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88b',
    500: '#dfde55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfde55;
$custom-light: #ece88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfde55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87625,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDE55

secondary

#3839A0

accent

#17D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDE55

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

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