#DFC457#DFC457

#DFC457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC457
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -3.12, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 56.97, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0124 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.131 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8939, 55.8585, 17.0633)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC457 #5772DF

analogous

#DF8057 #DFC457 #B6DF57

triadic

#DFC457 #57DFC4 #C457DF

tetradic

#DFC457 #57DF80 #5772DF #DF57B6

square

#DFC457 #57DF80 #5772DF #DF57B6

split-complementary

#DFC457 #57B6DF #8057DF

monochromatic

#9E841E #D1AF28 #DFC457 #E9D68A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DFC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DFC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC457

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC457	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd58a',
    500: '#dfc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc457;
$custom-light: #ecd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82255,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC457

secondary

#394EA1

accent

#3BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC457

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

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