#DFBD55#DFBD55

#DFBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBD55
RGB	rgb(223, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 0.38, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 55.78, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0026 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2711, 52.7418, 16.1249)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBD55 #5577DF

analogous

#DF7855 #DFBD55 #BCDF55

triadic

#DFBD55 #55DFBD #BD55DF

tetradic

#DFBD55 #55DF78 #5577DF #DF55BC

square

#DFBD55 #55DF78 #5577DF #DF55BC

split-complementary

#DFBD55 #55BCDF #7855DF

monochromatic

#9C7D1D #D0A627 #DFBD55 #E9D189 #F2E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DFBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DFBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBD55

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBD55	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd089',
    500: '#dfbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbd55;
$custom-light: #ecd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBD55

secondary

#3852A0

accent

#43D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBD55

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

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