#DFC357#DFC357

#DFC357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC357
RGB	rgb(223, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -2.60, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 56.66, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0109 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6691, 55.4088, 16.9884)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC357 #5773DF

analogous

#DF7F57 #DFC357 #B7DF57

triadic

#DFC357 #57DFC3 #C357DF

tetradic

#DFC357 #57DF7F #5773DF #DF57B7

square

#DFC357 #57DF7F #5773DF #DF57B7

split-complementary

#DFC357 #57B7DF #7F57DF

monochromatic

#9E831E #D1AE28 #DFC357 #E9D58A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DFC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DFC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC357

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC357	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd48a',
    500: '#dfc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc357;
$custom-light: #ecd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82051,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC357

secondary

#394FA1

accent

#3CD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC357

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

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