#DFBD51#DFBD51

#DFBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.131 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBD51
RGB	rgb(223, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 0.12, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 57.52, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0038 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.131 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1167, 52.6800, 15.3115)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBD51 #5173DF

analogous

#DF7651 #DFBD51 #BADF51

triadic

#DFBD51 #51DFBD #BD51DF

tetradic

#DFBD51 #51DF76 #5173DF #DF51BA

square

#DFBD51 #51DF76 #5173DF #DF51BA

split-complementary

#DFBD51 #51BADF #7651DF

monochromatic

#997B1C #CDA526 #DFBD51 #E9D185 #F2E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DFBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#DFBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBD51

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBD51	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.131 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd086',
    500: '#dfbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbd51;
$custom-light: #ecd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80777,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBD51

secondary

#374F9D

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBD51

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

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