#DFC159#DFC159

#DFC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC159
RGB	rgb(223, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -1.43, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 55.16, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0073 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.128 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3068, 54.5518, 17.2763)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC159 #5977DF

analogous

#DF7E59 #DFC159 #BADF59

triadic

#DFC159 #59DFC1 #C159DF

tetradic

#DFC159 #59DF7E #5977DF #DF59BA

square

#DFC159 #59DF7E #5977DF #DF59BA

split-complementary

#DFC159 #59BADF #7E59DF

monochromatic

#9F821F #D2AC29 #DFC159 #E9D48C #F3E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DFC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DFC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC159

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC159	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd38b',
    500: '#dfc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc159;
$custom-light: #ecd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81667,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC159

secondary

#3A51A2

accent

#3FD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC159

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

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