#DFC551#DFC551

#DFC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC551
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -4.02, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 59.88, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0157 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8852, 56.2171, 15.9010)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC551 #516BDF

analogous

#DF7E51 #DFC551 #B2DF51

triadic

#DFC551 #51DFC5 #C551DF

tetradic

#DFC551 #51DF7E #516BDF #DF51B2

square

#DFC551 #51DF7E #516BDF #DF51B2

split-complementary

#DFC551 #51B2DF #7E51DF

monochromatic

#99821C #CDAE26 #DFC551 #E9D685 #F2E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DFC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DFC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC551

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC551	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)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd687',
    500: '#dfc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc551;
$custom-light: #ecd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82399,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC551

secondary

#374A9D

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC551

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

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