#DFE59F#DFE59F

#DFE59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.090 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE59F
RGB	rgb(223, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(65, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 30.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -12.86, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 35.93, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0341 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.09 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7089, 74.2306, 43.7132)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE59F #A59FE5

analogous

#E5C89F #DFE59F #BCE59F

triadic

#DFE59F #9FDFE5 #E59FDF

tetradic

#DFE59F #9FE5C8 #A59FE5 #E59FBC

square

#DFE59F #9FE5C8 #A59FE5 #E59FBC

split-complementary

#DFE59F #9FBCE5 #C89FE5

monochromatic

#BFCB3F #CFD86F #DFE59F #EFF2CF #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DFE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#DFE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE59F

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE59F	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.090 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9edbc',
    500: '#dfe59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe59f;
$custom-light: #e9edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9009,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE59F

secondary

#7169BF

accent

#21C52F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE59F

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

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