#DFDF51#DFDF51

#DFDF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.160 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF51
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -17.11, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 69.08, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0529 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.16 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3062, 69.0591, 18.0413)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF51 #5151DF

analogous

#DF9851 #DFDF51 #98DF51

triadic

#DFDF51 #51DFDF #DF51DF

tetradic

#DFDF51 #51DF98 #5151DF #DF5198

square

#DFDF51 #51DF98 #5151DF #DF5198

split-complementary

#DFDF51 #5198DF #9851DF

monochromatic

#99991C #CDCD26 #DFDF51 #E9E985 #F2F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFDF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#DFDF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF51

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF51	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.160 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece889',
    500: '#dfdf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf51;
$custom-light: #ece889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87801,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF51

secondary

#37379D

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF51

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

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