#DFC251#DFC251

#DFC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC251
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -2.47, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 58.96, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0113 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2108, 54.8682, 15.6762)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC251 #516EDF

analogous

#DF7B51 #DFC251 #B5DF51

triadic

#DFC251 #51DFC2 #C251DF

tetradic

#DFC251 #51DF7B #516EDF #DF51B5

square

#DFC251 #51DF7B #516EDF #DF51B5

split-complementary

#DFC251 #51B5DF #7B51DF

monochromatic

#99801C #CDAB26 #DFC251 #E9D485 #F2E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DFC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC251

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC251	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd487',
    500: '#dfc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc251;
$custom-light: #ecd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC251

secondary

#374C9D

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC251

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

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