#DFEC5B#DFEC5B

#DFEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.166 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC5B
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -22.79, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 70.43, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0679 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.166 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3167, 76.4353, 21.3662)
Luminance	0.7643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC5B #685BEC

analogous

#ECB15B #DFEC5B #97EC5B

triadic

#DFEC5B #5BDFEC #EC5BDF

tetradic

#DFEC5B #5BECB1 #685BEC #EC5B97

square

#DFEC5B #5BECB1 #685BEC #EC5B97

split-complementary

#DFEC5B #5B97EC #B15BEC

monochromatic

#A9B715 #D4E624 #DFEC5B #EAF292 #F4F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DFEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#DFEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC5B

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC5B	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.166 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf28f',
    500: '#dfec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec5b;
$custom-light: #ecf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90646,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC5B

secondary

#4034B7

accent

#0ADC1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC5B

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

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