#DFDF5B#DFDF5B

#DFDF5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFDF5B
RGB	rgb(223, 223, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -16.48, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 65.04, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0501 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7092, 69.2202, 20.1637)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFDF5B #5B5BDF

analogous

#DF9D5B #DFDF5B #9DDF5B

triadic

#DFDF5B #5BDFDF #DF5BDF

tetradic

#DFDF5B #5BDF9D #5B5BDF #DF5B9D

square

#DFDF5B #5BDF9D #5B5BDF #DF5B9D

split-complementary

#DFDF5B #5B9DDF #9D5BDF

monochromatic

#A0A01F #D4D429 #DFDF5B #E9E98E #F3F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DFDF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#DFDF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFDF5B

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFDF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFDF5B	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	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)

#F0D64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfdf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 223, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece88f',
    500: '#dfdf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfdf5b;
$custom-light: #ece88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfdf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8789,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFDF5B

secondary

#3B3BA3

accent

#16CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFDF5B

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

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