#DFC157#DFC157

#DFC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC157
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -1.57, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 56.05, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.008 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2240, 54.5186, 16.8400)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC157 #5775DF

analogous

#DF7D57 #DFC157 #B9DF57

triadic

#DFC157 #57DFC1 #C157DF

tetradic

#DFC157 #57DF7D #5775DF #DF57B9

square

#DFC157 #57DF7D #5775DF #DF57B9

split-complementary

#DFC157 #57B9DF #7D57DF

monochromatic

#9E811E #D1AC28 #DFC157 #E9D48A #F3E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DFC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC157

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC157	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd38a',
    500: '#dfc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc157;
$custom-light: #ecd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81646,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC157

secondary

#3950A1

accent

#3FD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC157

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

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