#DFDE5B#DFDE5B

#DFDE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.152 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDE5B
RGB	rgb(223, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -15.98, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 64.64, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0487 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.152 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4428, 68.6875, 20.0749)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDE5B #5B5CDF

analogous

#DF9C5B #DFDE5B #9EDF5B

triadic

#DFDE5B #5BDFDE #DE5BDF

tetradic

#DFDE5B #5BDF9C #5B5CDF #DF5B9E

square

#DFDE5B #5BDF9C #5B5CDF #DF5B9E

split-complementary

#DFDE5B #5B9EDF #9C5BDF

monochromatic

#A09F1F #D4D229 #DFDE5B #E9E88E #F3F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFDE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#DFDE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDE5B

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDE5B	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfde5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.152 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88e',
    500: '#dfde5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfde5b;
$custom-light: #ece88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfde5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8768,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDE5B

secondary

#3B3CA3

accent

#18CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDE5B

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

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