#DFC257#DFC257

#DFC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC257
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -2.09, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 56.35, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0095 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.13 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4458, 54.9622, 16.9139)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC257 #5774DF

analogous

#DF7E57 #DFC257 #B8DF57

triadic

#DFC257 #57DFC2 #C257DF

tetradic

#DFC257 #57DF7E #5774DF #DF57B8

square

#DFC257 #57DF7E #5774DF #DF57B8

split-complementary

#DFC257 #57B8DF #7E57DF

monochromatic

#9E821E #D1AD28 #DFC257 #E9D58A #F3E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DFC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC257

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC257	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)

#D4BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd48a',
    500: '#dfc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc257;
$custom-light: #ecd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81848,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC257

secondary

#394FA1

accent

#3DD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC257

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

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