#DFE979#DFE979

#DFE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.137 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFE979
RGB	rgb(223, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -18.98, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 56.16, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0542 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.137 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0225, 75.3473, 29.3090)
Luminance	0.7535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFE979 #8379E9

analogous

#E9BB79 #DFE979 #A7E979

triadic

#DFE979 #79DFE9 #E979DF

tetradic

#DFE979 #79E9BB #8379E9 #E979A7

square

#DFE979 #79E9BB #8379E9 #E979A7

split-complementary

#DFE979 #79A7E9 #BB79E9

monochromatic

#B8C721 #D2E044 #DFE979 #ECF2AE #F8FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DFE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#DFE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFE979

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFE979	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfe979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.137 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf0a2',
    500: '#dfe979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfe979;
$custom-light: #ebf0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfe979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90335,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFE979

secondary

#5045C1

accent

#12D423

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFE979

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

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