#DFE599#DFE599

#DFE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.097 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE599
RGB	rgb(223, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(65, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -13.60, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 38.91, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0365 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.097 112)
XYZ	xyz(64.2008, 74.0273, 41.0374)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE599 #9F99E5

analogous

#E5C599 #DFE599 #B9E599

triadic

#DFE599 #99DFE5 #E599DF

tetradic

#DFE599 #99E5C5 #9F99E5 #E599B9

square

#DFE599 #99E5C5 #9F99E5 #E599B9

split-complementary

#DFE599 #99B9E5 #C599E5

monochromatic

#C0CC37 #D0D968 #DFE599 #EEF1CA #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DFE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DFE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE599

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE599	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.097 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaedb8',
    500: '#dfe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe599;
$custom-light: #eaedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89982,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.74027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE599

secondary

#6B63BF

accent

#1EC72C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE599

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

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