#DFEC51#DFEC51

#DFEC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.174 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC51
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -23.41, 70.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 74.28, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0706 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.174 114)
XYZ	xyz(61.9137, 76.2741, 19.2438)
Luminance	0.7627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC51 #5E51EC

analogous

#ECAB51 #DFEC51 #92EC51

triadic

#DFEC51 #51DFEC #EC51DF

tetradic

#DFEC51 #51ECAB #5E51EC #EC5192

square

#DFEC51 #51ECAB #5E51EC #EC5192

split-complementary

#DFEC51 #5192EC #AB51EC

monochromatic

#A2AF13 #D5E61A #DFEC51 #E9F288 #F3F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DFEC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#DFEC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC51

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC51	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.174 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf28a',
    500: '#dfec51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec51;
$custom-light: #ecf28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.032,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90562,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.76273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC51

secondary

#3C31B0

accent

#09DD1B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC51

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

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