#DFBF59#DFBF59

#DFBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFBF59
RGB	rgb(223, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -0.39, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 54.57, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0043 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.126 92)
XYZ	xyz(50.8677, 53.6735, 17.1299)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFBF59 #5979DF

analogous

#DF7C59 #DFBF59 #BCDF59

triadic

#DFBF59 #59DFBF #BF59DF

tetradic

#DFBF59 #59DF7C #5979DF #DF59BC

square

#DFBF59 #59DF7C #5979DF #DF59BC

split-complementary

#DFBF59 #59BCDF #7C59DF

monochromatic

#9F801F #D2AA29 #DFBF59 #E9D38C #F3E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DFBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DFBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFBF59

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFBF59	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd28b',
    500: '#dfbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfbf59;
$custom-light: #ecd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.53671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFBF59

secondary

#3A53A2

accent

#42D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFBF59

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

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