#DFEC8A#DFEC8A

#DFEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.123 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEC8A
RGB	rgb(223, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -18.75, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 49.65, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0521 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.123 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0149, 77.5146, 35.5767)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEC8A #978AEC

analogous

#ECC88A #DFEC8A #AEEC8A

triadic

#DFEC8A #8ADFEC #EC8ADF

tetradic

#DFEC8A #8AECC8 #978AEC #EC8AAE

square

#DFEC8A #8AECC8 #978AEC #EC8AAE

split-complementary

#DFEC8A #8AAEEC #C88AEC

monochromatic

#C0D823 #D1E355 #DFEC8A #EDF5BF #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DFEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#DFEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEC8A

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEC8A	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.123 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf2ad',
    500: '#dfec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfec8a;
$custom-light: #eaf2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.959,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91204,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEC8A

secondary

#6354C7

accent

#11D42B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEC8A

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

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