#DFDE59#DFDE59

#DFDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.153 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDE59
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -16.12, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 65.47, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0493 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.153 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3577, 68.6534, 19.6266)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDE59 #595ADF

analogous

#DF9B59 #DFDE59 #9DDF59

triadic

#DFDE59 #59DFDE #DE59DF

tetradic

#DFDE59 #59DF9B #595ADF #DF599D

square

#DFDE59 #59DF9B #595ADF #DF599D

split-complementary

#DFDE59 #599DDF #9B59DF

monochromatic

#9F9E1F #D2D129 #DFDE59 #E9E88C #F3F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DFDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DFDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDE59

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDE59	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.153 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88d',
    500: '#dfde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfde59;
$custom-light: #ece88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87661,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDE59

secondary

#3A3BA2

accent

#17D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDE59

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

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