#DFBD57#DFBD57

#DFBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.127 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBD57
RGB	rgb(223, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 0.51, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 54.89, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0019 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.127 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3517, 52.7740, 16.5492)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBD57 #5779DF

analogous

#DF7957 #DFBD57 #BDDF57

triadic

#DFBD57 #57DFBD #BD57DF

tetradic

#DFBD57 #57DF79 #5779DF #DF57BD

square

#DFBD57 #57DF79 #5779DF #DF57BD

split-complementary

#DFBD57 #57BDDF #7957DF

monochromatic

#9E7E1E #D1A728 #DFBD57 #E9D18A #F3E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DFBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DFBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBD57

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBD57	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)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.127 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd08a',
    500: '#dfbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbd57;
$custom-light: #ecd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80839,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBD57

secondary

#3953A1

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBD57

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

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