#DFEC59#DFEC59

#DFEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.168 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC59
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -22.92, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 71.22, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0685 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.168 114)
XYZ	xyz(62.2316, 76.4013, 20.9179)
Luminance	0.7640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC59 #6659EC

analogous

#ECAF59 #DFEC59 #95EC59

triadic

#DFEC59 #59DFEC #EC59DF

tetradic

#DFEC59 #59ECAF #6659EC #EC5995

square

#DFEC59 #59ECAF #6659EC #EC5995

split-complementary

#DFEC59 #5995EC #AF59EC

monochromatic

#A8B615 #D4E622 #DFEC59 #EAF290 #F4F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DFEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#DFEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC59

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC59	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf28e',
    500: '#dfec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec59;
$custom-light: #ecf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90628,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC59

secondary

#3F34B5

accent

#0ADC1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC59

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

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