#DFBE5B#DFBE5B

#DFBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.124 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBE5B
RGB	rgb(223, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 0.27, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 53.38, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0022 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.124 91)
XYZ	xyz(50.7355, 53.2729, 17.5058)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBE5B #5B7CDF

analogous

#DF7C5B #DFBE5B #BEDF5B

triadic

#DFBE5B #5BDFBE #BE5BDF

tetradic

#DFBE5B #5BDF7C #5B7CDF #DF5BBE

square

#DFBE5B #5BDF7C #5B7CDF #DF5BBE

split-complementary

#DFBE5B #5BBEDF #7C5BDF

monochromatic

#A0801F #D4A929 #DFBE5B #E9D28E #F3E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DFBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DFBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBE5B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBE5B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.124 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd18d',
    500: '#dfbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbe5b;
$custom-light: #ecd18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81084,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.5327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBE5B

secondary

#3B55A3

accent

#44CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBE5B

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

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