#DFC559#DFC559

#DFC559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC559
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -3.50, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 56.40, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0133 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.13 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2031, 56.3442, 17.5751)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC559 #5973DF

analogous

#DF8259 #DFC559 #B6DF59

triadic

#DFC559 #59DFC5 #C559DF

tetradic

#DFC559 #59DF82 #5973DF #DF59B6

square

#DFC559 #59DF82 #5973DF #DF59B6

split-complementary

#DFC559 #59B6DF #8259DF

monochromatic

#9F861F #D2B129 #DFC559 #E9D78C #F3E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DFC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC559

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC559	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd68c',
    500: '#dfc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc559;
$custom-light: #ecd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82479,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC559

secondary

#3A4EA2

accent

#3AD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC559

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

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