#DFEB5B#DFEB5B

#DFEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.165 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEB5B
RGB	rgb(223, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -22.31, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 70.01, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0666 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.165 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0296, 75.8611, 21.2705)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEB5B #675BEB

analogous

#EBAF5B #DFEB5B #97EB5B

triadic

#DFEB5B #5BDFEB #EB5BDF

tetradic

#DFEB5B #5BEBAF #675BEB #EB5B97

square

#DFEB5B #5BEBAF #675BEB #EB5B97

split-complementary

#DFEB5B #5B97EB #AF5BEB

monochromatic

#A8B516 #D4E424 #DFEB5B #EAF292 #F4F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DFEB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#DFEB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEB5B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEB5B	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfeb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.165 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf18f',
    500: '#dfeb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfeb5b;
$custom-light: #ecf18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfeb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90433,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEB5B

secondary

#4035B5

accent

#0BDB1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEB5B

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

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