#DFEF8B#DFEF8B

#DFEF8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.126 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFEF8B
RGB	rgb(223, 239, 139)
HSL	hsl(70, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -20.10, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 50.65, 113.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0559 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.126 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9586, 79.2857, 36.2500)
Luminance	0.7929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFEF8B #9B8BEF

analogous

#EFCD8B #DFEF8B #ADEF8B

triadic

#DFEF8B #8BDFEF #EF8BDF

tetradic

#DFEF8B #8BEFCD #9B8BEF #EF8BAD

square

#DFEF8B #8BEFCD #9B8BEF #EF8BAD

split-complementary

#DFEF8B #8BADEF #CD8BEF

monochromatic

#C1E01F #D0E855 #DFEF8B #EEF6C1 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DFEF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#DFEF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFEF8B

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFEF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFEF8B	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfef8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 239, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.126 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf4ae',
    500: '#dfef8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfef8b;
$custom-light: #eaf4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfef8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91851,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFEF8B

secondary

#6754CA

accent

#0ED82E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFEF8B

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

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