#DFC557#DFC557

#DFC557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC557
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -3.64, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 57.29, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0139 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(52.1202, 56.3111, 17.1387)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC557 #5771DF

analogous

#DF8157 #DFC557 #B5DF57

triadic

#DFC557 #57DFC5 #C557DF

tetradic

#DFC557 #57DF81 #5771DF #DF57B5

square

#DFC557 #57DF81 #5771DF #DF57B5

split-complementary

#DFC557 #57B5DF #8157DF

monochromatic

#9E851E #D1B128 #DFC557 #E9D78A #F3E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DFC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC557

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC557	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd68a',
    500: '#dfc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc557;
$custom-light: #ecd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82458,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.56309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC557

secondary

#394DA1

accent

#39D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC557

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

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