#DFC255#DFC255

#DFC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC255
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -2.22, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 57.23, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0101 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3652, 54.9300, 16.4896)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC255 #5572DF

analogous

#DF7D55 #DFC255 #B7DF55

triadic

#DFC255 #55DFC2 #C255DF

tetradic

#DFC255 #55DF7D #5572DF #DF55B7

square

#DFC255 #55DF7D #5572DF #DF55B7

split-complementary

#DFC255 #55B7DF #7D55DF

monochromatic

#9C821D #D0AC27 #DFC255 #E9D489 #F2E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DFC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC255

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC255	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd489',
    500: '#dfc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc255;
$custom-light: #ecd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81828,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC255

secondary

#384EA0

accent

#3DD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC255

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

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