#DFBE5A#DFBE5A

#DFBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE5A
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 0.20, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 53.83, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0025 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6926, 53.2557, 17.2801)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE5A #5A7BDF

analogous

#DF7C5A #DFBE5A #BEDF5A

triadic

#DFBE5A #5ADFBE #BE5ADF

tetradic

#DFBE5A #5ADF7C #5A7BDF #DF5ABE

square

#DFBE5A #5ADF7C #5A7BDF #DF5ABE

split-complementary

#DFBE5A #5ABEDF #7C5ADF

monochromatic

#A0801F #D3A929 #DFBE5A #E9D28D #F3E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DFBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE5A

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE5A	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)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd18c',
    500: '#dfbe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe5a;
$custom-light: #ecd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE5A

secondary

#3A54A3

accent

#44CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE5A

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

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