#DFC55C#DFC55C

#DFC55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC55C
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -3.29, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 55.06, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0123 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3316, 56.3956, 18.2521)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC55C #5C76DF

analogous

#DF845C #DFC55C #B7DF5C

triadic

#DFC55C #5CDFC5 #C55CDF

tetradic

#DFC55C #5CDF84 #5C76DF #DF5CB7

square

#DFC55C #5CDF84 #5C76DF #DF5CB7

split-complementary

#DFC55C #5CB7DF #845CDF

monochromatic

#A18720 #D4B22A #DFC55C #E9D78F #F3E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DFC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC55C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC55C	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)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd68e',
    500: '#dfc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc55c;
$custom-light: #ecd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 67.179,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82511,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC55C

secondary

#3B50A4

accent

#3BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC55C

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

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