#DFE042#DFE042

#DFE042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.171 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE042
RGB	rgb(223, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -18.39, 72.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 74.96, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.058 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.171 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0725, 69.3943, 15.4886)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE042 #4342E0

analogous

#E09242 #DFE042 #90E042

triadic

#DFE042 #42DFE0 #E042DF

tetradic

#DFE042 #42E092 #4342E0 #E04290

square

#DFE042 #42E092 #4342E0 #E04290

split-complementary

#DFE042 #4290E0 #9242E0

monochromatic

#8F9018 #C4C520 #DFE042 #E8E977 #F1F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DFE042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DFE042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE042

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE042	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.171 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede981',
    500: '#dfe042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe042;
$custom-light: #ede981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87902,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE042

secondary

#323195

accent

#39EF3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE042

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

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