#DFC550#DFC550

#DFC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC550
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -4.08, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 60.30, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.016 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8480, 56.2022, 15.7050)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC550 #506ADF

analogous

#DF7E50 #DFC550 #B2DF50

triadic

#DFC550 #50DFC5 #C550DF

tetradic

#DFC550 #50DF7E #506ADF #DF50B2

square

#DFC550 #50DF7E #506ADF #DF50B2

split-complementary

#DFC550 #50B2DF #7E50DF

monochromatic

#99821C #CCAE25 #DFC550 #E8D684 #F2E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DFC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC550

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC550	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd686',
    500: '#dfc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc550;
$custom-light: #ecd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82389,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC550

secondary

#37499D

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC550

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

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