#DFBE59#DFBE59

#DFBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE59
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, 0.13, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 54.28, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0028 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6504, 53.2388, 17.0575)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE59 #597ADF

analogous

#DF7B59 #DFBE59 #BDDF59

triadic

#DFBE59 #59DFBE #BE59DF

tetradic

#DFBE59 #59DF7B #597ADF #DF59BD

square

#DFBE59 #59DF7B #597ADF #DF59BD

split-complementary

#DFBE59 #59BDDF #7B59DF

monochromatic

#9F7F1F #D2A829 #DFBE59 #E9D28C #F3E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DFBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE59

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE59	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.125 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd18b',
    500: '#dfbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe59;
$custom-light: #ecd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE59

secondary

#3A54A2

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE59

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

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