#DFE261#DFE261

#DFE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE261
RGB	rgb(223, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -17.53, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 63.74, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0525 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7870, 70.9452, 21.8513)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE261 #6461E2

analogous

#E2A461 #DFE261 #9EE261

triadic

#DFE261 #61DFE2 #E261DF

tetradic

#DFE261 #61E2A4 #6461E2 #E2619E

square

#DFE261 #61E2A4 #6461E2 #E2619E

split-complementary

#DFE261 #619EE2 #A461E2

monochromatic

#A6A91F #D5D92D #DFE261 #E9EB95 #F4F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DFE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DFE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE261

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE261	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea92',
    500: '#dfe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe261;
$custom-light: #ecea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88582,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE261

secondary

#3E3CAB

accent

#15D119

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE261

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

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