#DFBE57#DFBE57

#DFBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.127 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE57
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -0.01, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 55.17, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0035 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.127 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5675, 53.2057, 16.6212)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE57 #5778DF

analogous

#DF7A57 #DFBE57 #BCDF57

triadic

#DFBE57 #57DFBE #BE57DF

tetradic

#DFBE57 #57DF7A #5778DF #DF57BC

square

#DFBE57 #57DF7A #5778DF #DF57BC

split-complementary

#DFBE57 #57BCDF #7A57DF

monochromatic

#9E7F1E #D1A828 #DFBE57 #E9D28A #F3E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#DFBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE57

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE57	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.127 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd18a',
    500: '#dfbe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe57;
$custom-light: #ecd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE57

secondary

#3952A1

accent

#43D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE57

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

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