#DFC553#DFC553

#DFC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC553
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -3.90, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 59.02, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0151 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9613, 56.2475, 16.3018)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC553 #536DDF

analogous

#DF7F53 #DFC553 #B3DF53

triadic

#DFC553 #53DFC5 #C553DF

tetradic

#DFC553 #53DF7F #536DDF #DF53B3

square

#DFC553 #53DF7F #536DDF #DF53B3

split-complementary

#DFC553 #53B3DF #7F53DF

monochromatic

#9B831D #CEAF26 #DFC553 #E9D687 #F2E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DFC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC553

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC553	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd688',
    500: '#dfc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc553;
$custom-light: #ecd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82418,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC553

secondary

#384B9F

accent

#5DEB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC553

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

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