#DFE259#DFE259

#DFE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.157 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE259
RGB	rgb(223, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -18.08, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 67.08, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0548 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.157 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.4327, 70.8035, 19.9849)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE259 #5C59E2

analogous

#E2A159 #DFE259 #9BE259

triadic

#DFE259 #59DFE2 #E259DF

tetradic

#DFE259 #59E2A1 #5C59E2 #E2599B

square

#DFE259 #59E2A1 #5C59E2 #E2599B

split-complementary

#DFE259 #599BE2 #A159E2

monochromatic

#A1A41D #D4D826 #DFE259 #E9EB8D #F3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DFE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DFE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE259

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE259	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.157 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea8e',
    500: '#dfe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe259;
$custom-light: #ecea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88505,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE259

secondary

#3B39A6

accent

#13D217

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE259

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

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