#DFC55B#DFC55B

#DFC55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC55B
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -3.36, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 55.51, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0127 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2882, 56.3783, 18.0234)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC55B #5B75DF

analogous

#DF835B #DFC55B #B7DF5B

triadic

#DFC55B #5BDFC5 #C55BDF

tetradic

#DFC55B #5BDF83 #5B75DF #DF5BB7

square

#DFC55B #5BDF83 #5B75DF #DF5BB7

split-complementary

#DFC55B #5BB7DF #835BDF

monochromatic

#A0871F #D4B229 #DFC55B #E9D78E #F3E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DFC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC55B

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC55B	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd68d',
    500: '#dfc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc55b;
$custom-light: #ecd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.825,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC55B

secondary

#3B4FA3

accent

#3BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC55B

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

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