#DFC253#DFC253

#DFC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC253
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -2.35, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 58.10, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0107 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2869, 54.8987, 16.0770)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC253 #5370DF

analogous

#DF7C53 #DFC253 #B6DF53

triadic

#DFC253 #53DFC2 #C253DF

tetradic

#DFC253 #53DF7C #5370DF #DF53B6

square

#DFC253 #53DF7C #5370DF #DF53B6

split-complementary

#DFC253 #53B6DF #7C53DF

monochromatic

#9B811D #CEAC26 #DFC253 #E9D487 #F2E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DFC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC253

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC253	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd488',
    500: '#dfc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc253;
$custom-light: #ecd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81808,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC253

secondary

#384D9F

accent

#61EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC253

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

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