#DFC455#DFC455

#DFC455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC455
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -3.25, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 57.85, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.013 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.133 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8133, 55.8262, 16.6389)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC455 #5570DF

analogous

#DF7F55 #DFC455 #B5DF55

triadic

#DFC455 #55DFC4 #C455DF

tetradic

#DFC455 #55DF7F #5570DF #DF55B5

square

#DFC455 #55DF7F #5570DF #DF55B5

split-complementary

#DFC455 #55B5DF #7F55DF

monochromatic

#9C831D #D0AF27 #DFC455 #E9D689 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DFC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC455

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC455	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd589',
    500: '#dfc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc455;
$custom-light: #ecd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82234,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC455

secondary

#384DA0

accent

#3AD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC455

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

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