#DFC555#DFC555

#DFC555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC555
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -3.77, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 58.16, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0145 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0396, 56.2788, 16.7144)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC555 #556FDF

analogous

#DF8055 #DFC555 #B4DF55

triadic

#DFC555 #55DFC5 #C555DF

tetradic

#DFC555 #55DF80 #556FDF #DF55B4

square

#DFC555 #55DF80 #556FDF #DF55B4

split-complementary

#DFC555 #55B4DF #8055DF

monochromatic

#9C841D #D0B027 #DFC555 #E9D789 #F2E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DFC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC555

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC555	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd689',
    500: '#dfc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc555;
$custom-light: #ecd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82438,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC555

secondary

#384CA0

accent

#38D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC555

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

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