#DFC059#DFC059

#DFC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC059
RGB	rgb(223, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -0.91, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 54.86, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0058 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.127 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0865, 54.1111, 17.2029)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC059 #5978DF

analogous

#DF7D59 #DFC059 #BBDF59

triadic

#DFC059 #59DFC0 #C059DF

tetradic

#DFC059 #59DF7D #5978DF #DF59BB

square

#DFC059 #59DF7D #5978DF #DF59BB

split-complementary

#DFC059 #59BBDF #7D59DF

monochromatic

#9F811F #D2AB29 #DFC059 #E9D38C #F3E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DFC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DFC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC059

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC059	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd28b',
    500: '#dfc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc059;
$custom-light: #ecd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC059

secondary

#3A52A2

accent

#41D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC059

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

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