#DFC459#DFC459

#DFC459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC459
RGB	rgb(223, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -2.98, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 56.09, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0118 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9767, 55.8916, 17.4996)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC459 #5974DF

analogous

#DF8159 #DFC459 #B7DF59

triadic

#DFC459 #59DFC4 #C459DF

tetradic

#DFC459 #59DF81 #5974DF #DF59B7

square

#DFC459 #59DF81 #5974DF #DF59B7

split-complementary

#DFC459 #59B7DF #8159DF

monochromatic

#9F851F #D2B029 #DFC459 #E9D68C #F3E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DFC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC459

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC459	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd58c',
    500: '#dfc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc459;
$custom-light: #ecd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82276,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC459

secondary

#3A4FA2

accent

#3BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC459

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

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