#DFE972#DFE972

#DFE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.144 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE972
RGB	rgb(223, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -19.60, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 59.34, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0566 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.144 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6088, 75.1818, 27.1297)
Luminance	0.7518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE972 #7C72E9

analogous

#E9B772 #DFE972 #A3E972

triadic

#DFE972 #72DFE9 #E972DF

tetradic

#DFE972 #72E9B7 #7C72E9 #E972A3

square

#DFE972 #72E9B7 #7C72E9 #E972A3

split-complementary

#DFE972 #72A3E9 #B772E9

monochromatic

#B5C21E #D3E13D #DFE972 #EBF1A7 #F7FADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DFE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#DFE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE972

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE972	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.144 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef9d',
    500: '#dfe972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe972;
$custom-light: #ebef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90249,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE972

secondary

#493EC1

accent

#10D521

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE972

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

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