#DFDE56#DFDE56

#DFDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDE56
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -16.31, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 66.70, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0502 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2342, 68.6041, 18.9766)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDE56 #5657DF

analogous

#DF9956 #DFDE56 #9BDF56

triadic

#DFDE56 #56DFDE #DE56DF

tetradic

#DFDE56 #56DF99 #5657DF #DF569B

square

#DFDE56 #56DF99 #5657DF #DF569B

split-complementary

#DFDE56 #569BDF #9956DF

monochromatic

#9D9C1E #D0CF27 #DFDE56 #E9E889 #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DFDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDE56

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDE56	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)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88b',
    500: '#dfde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfde56;
$custom-light: #ece88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87634,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDE56

secondary

#393AA0

accent

#17D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDE56

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

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