#DFC259#DFC259

#DFC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.128 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC259
RGB	rgb(223, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -1.95, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 55.47, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0088 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.128 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5286, 54.9954, 17.3502)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC259 #5976DF

analogous

#DF7F59 #DFC259 #B9DF59

triadic

#DFC259 #59DFC2 #C259DF

tetradic

#DFC259 #59DF7F #5976DF #DF59B9

square

#DFC259 #59DF7F #5976DF #DF59B9

split-complementary

#DFC259 #59B9DF #7F59DF

monochromatic

#9F831F #D2AE29 #DFC259 #E9D58C #F3E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DFC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DFC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC259

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC259	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.128 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd48b',
    500: '#dfc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc259;
$custom-light: #ecd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8187,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC259

secondary

#3A51A2

accent

#3ED016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC259

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

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