#DFC537#DFC537

#DFC537 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.154 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC537
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 75.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -5.34, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 69.84, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0223 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.154 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0899, 55.8989, 11.7122)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC537 #3751DF

analogous

#DF7137 #DFC537 #A5DF37

triadic

#DFC537 #37DFC5 #C537DF

tetradic

#DFC537 #37DF71 #3751DF #DF37A5

square

#DFC537 #37DF71 #3751DF #DF37A5

split-complementary

#DFC537 #37A5DF #7137DF

monochromatic

#867515 #BBA31E #DFC537 #E7D46C #F0E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DFC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC537

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC537	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)

#D9C01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.154 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd678',
    500: '#dfc537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc537;
$custom-light: #edd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82198,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC537

secondary

#2E3D8C

accent

#55EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC537

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

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