#DFDF57#DFDF57

#DFDF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF57
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -16.74, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 66.69, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0513 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5412, 69.1531, 19.2791)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF57 #5757DF

analogous

#DF9B57 #DFDF57 #9BDF57

triadic

#DFDF57 #57DFDF #DF57DF

tetradic

#DFDF57 #57DF9B #5757DF #DF579B

square

#DFDF57 #57DF9B #5757DF #DF579B

split-complementary

#DFDF57 #579BDF #9B57DF

monochromatic

#9E9E1E #D1D128 #DFDF57 #E9E98A #F3F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFDF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DFDF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF57

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF57	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88c',
    500: '#dfdf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf57;
$custom-light: #ece88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87853,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF57

secondary

#3939A1

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF57

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

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