#DFE859#DFE859

#DFE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.164 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE859
RGB	rgb(223, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -21.00, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 69.55, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0631 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0928, 74.1237, 20.5383)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE859 #6259E8

analogous

#E8A959 #DFE859 #98E859

triadic

#DFE859 #59DFE8 #E859DF

tetradic

#DFE859 #59E8A9 #6259E8 #E85998

square

#DFE859 #59E8A9 #6259E8 #E85998

split-complementary

#DFE859 #5998E8 #A959E8

monochromatic

#A5AE18 #D5E123 #DFE859 #E9EF8F #F4F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DFE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#DFE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE859

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE859	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecef8e',
    500: '#dfe859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe859;
$custom-light: #ecef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89777,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE859

secondary

#3E36AF

accent

#0ED81A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE859

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

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