#DFBE55#DFBE55

#DFBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE55
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -0.14, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 56.06, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0041 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.129 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4869, 53.1735, 16.1968)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE55 #5576DF

analogous

#DF7955 #DFBE55 #BBDF55

triadic

#DFBE55 #55DFBE #BE55DF

tetradic

#DFBE55 #55DF79 #5576DF #DF55BB

square

#DFBE55 #55DF79 #5576DF #DF55BB

split-complementary

#DFBE55 #55BBDF #7955DF

monochromatic

#9C7E1D #D0A727 #DFBE55 #E9D289 #F2E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DFBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DFBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE55

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE55	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd189',
    500: '#dfbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe55;
$custom-light: #ecd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE55

secondary

#3851A0

accent

#42D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE55

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

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