#DFBC51#DFBC51

#DFBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBC51
RGB	rgb(223, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 0.65, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 57.25, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0023 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.131 91)
XYZ	xyz(49.9023, 52.2513, 15.2400)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBC51 #5174DF

analogous

#DF7551 #DFBC51 #BBDF51

triadic

#DFBC51 #51DFBC #BC51DF

tetradic

#DFBC51 #51DF75 #5174DF #DF51BB

square

#DFBC51 #51DF75 #5174DF #DF51BB

split-complementary

#DFBC51 #51BBDF #7551DF

monochromatic

#997B1C #CDA426 #DFBC51 #E9D085 #F2E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DFBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DFBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBC51

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBC51	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf86',
    500: '#dfbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbc51;
$custom-light: #eccf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.52248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBC51

secondary

#37509D

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBC51

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

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