#DFBE51#DFBE51

#DFBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE51
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -0.40, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 57.80, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0053 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.132 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3325, 53.1117, 15.3834)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE51 #5172DF

analogous

#DF7751 #DFBE51 #B9DF51

triadic

#DFBE51 #51DFBE #BE51DF

tetradic

#DFBE51 #51DF77 #5172DF #DF51B9

square

#DFBE51 #51DF77 #5172DF #DF51B9

split-complementary

#DFBE51 #51B9DF #7751DF

monochromatic

#997C1C #CDA626 #DFBE51 #E9D185 #F2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DFBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DFBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE51

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE51	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd186',
    500: '#dfbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe51;
$custom-light: #ecd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE51

secondary

#374F9D

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE51

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

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