#DFDF59#DFDF59

#DFDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.154 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF59
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -16.61, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 65.87, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0507 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.154 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6240, 69.1862, 19.7154)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF59 #5959DF

analogous

#DF9C59 #DFDF59 #9CDF59

triadic

#DFDF59 #59DFDF #DF59DF

tetradic

#DFDF59 #59DF9C #5959DF #DF599C

square

#DFDF59 #59DF9C #5959DF #DF599C

split-complementary

#DFDF59 #599CDF #9C59DF

monochromatic

#9F9F1F #D2D229 #DFDF59 #E9E98C #F3F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DFDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#DFDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF59

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF59	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.154 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88d',
    500: '#dfdf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf59;
$custom-light: #ece88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87872,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF59

secondary

#3A3AA2

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF59

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

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