#DFC151#DFC151

#DFC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC151
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -1.96, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 58.67, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0098 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9890, 54.4246, 15.6023)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC151 #516FDF

analogous

#DF7A51 #DFC151 #B6DF51

triadic

#DFC151 #51DFC1 #C151DF

tetradic

#DFC151 #51DF7A #516FDF #DF51B6

square

#DFC151 #51DF7A #516FDF #DF51B6

split-complementary

#DFC151 #51B6DF #7A51DF

monochromatic

#997F1C #CDAA26 #DFC151 #E9D385 #F2E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DFC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DFC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC151

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC151	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd386',
    500: '#dfc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc151;
$custom-light: #ecd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81585,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC151

secondary

#374D9D

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC151

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

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