#DFBF51#DFBF51

#DFBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBF51
RGB	rgb(223, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -0.92, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 58.09, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0068 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.133 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5498, 53.5463, 15.4559)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBF51 #5171DF

analogous

#DF7851 #DFBF51 #B8DF51

triadic

#DFBF51 #51DFBF #BF51DF

tetradic

#DFBF51 #51DF78 #5171DF #DF51B8

square

#DFBF51 #51DF78 #5171DF #DF51B8

split-complementary

#DFBF51 #51B8DF #7851DF

monochromatic

#997D1C #CDA726 #DFBF51 #E9D285 #F2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DFBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DFBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBF51

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBF51	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd286',
    500: '#dfbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbf51;
$custom-light: #ecd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBF51

secondary

#374E9D

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBF51

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

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