#DFC561#DFC561

#DFC561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.123 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC561
RGB	rgb(223, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -2.92, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 52.79, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0107 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.123 95)
XYZ	xyz(52.5574, 56.4860, 19.4414)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC561 #617BDF

analogous

#DF8661 #DFC561 #BADF61

triadic

#DFC561 #61DFC5 #C561DF

tetradic

#DFC561 #61DF86 #617BDF #DF61BA

square

#DFC561 #61DF86 #617BDF #DF61BA

split-complementary

#DFC561 #61BADF #8661DF

monochromatic

#A48921 #D5B22E #DFC561 #E9D894 #F4EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DFC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DFC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC561

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC561	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.123 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd691',
    500: '#dfc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc561;
$custom-light: #ecd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82568,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.56484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC561

secondary

#3D53A7

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC561

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

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