#DFE162#DFE162

#DFE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE162
RGB	rgb(223, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -16.97, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 62.90, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0508 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5628, 70.4217, 22.0080)
Luminance	0.7042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE162 #6462E1

analogous

#E1A362 #DFE162 #9FE162

triadic

#DFE162 #62DFE1 #E162DF

tetradic

#DFE162 #62E1A3 #6462E1 #E1629F

square

#DFE162 #62E1A3 #6462E1 #E1629F

split-complementary

#DFE162 #629FE1 #A362E1

monochromatic

#A6A820 #D5D72F #DFE162 #E9EB95 #F4F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DFE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DFE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE162

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE162	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea93',
    500: '#dfe162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe162;
$custom-light: #ecea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88381,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE162

secondary

#3E3DAB

accent

#16D019

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE162

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

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