#DFE242#DFE242

#DFE242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.173 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE242
RGB	rgb(223, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -19.37, 73.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 75.70, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0607 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.173 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6132, 70.4756, 15.6688)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE242 #4542E2

analogous

#E29542 #DFE242 #8FE242

triadic

#DFE242 #42DFE2 #E242DF

tetradic

#DFE242 #42E295 #4542E2 #E2428F

square

#DFE242 #42E295 #4542E2 #E2428F

split-complementary

#DFE242 #428FE2 #9542E2

monochromatic

#919317 #C5C81F #DFE242 #E8EA77 #F1F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DFE242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DFE242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE242

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE242	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.173 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edea81',
    500: '#dfe242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe242;
$custom-light: #edea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88326,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE242

secondary

#333198

accent

#38F03B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE242

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

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