#DFC651#DFC651

#DFC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC651
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -4.54, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 60.19, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0172 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1130, 56.6727, 15.9769)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC651 #516ADF

analogous

#DF7F51 #DFC651 #B1DF51

triadic

#DFC651 #51DFC6 #C651DF

tetradic

#DFC651 #51DF7F #516ADF #DF51B1

square

#DFC651 #51DF7F #516ADF #DF51B1

split-complementary

#DFC651 #51B1DF #7F51DF

monochromatic

#99831C #CDB026 #DFC651 #E9D785 #F2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DFC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC651

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC651	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd787',
    500: '#dfc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc651;
$custom-light: #ecd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82603,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC651

secondary

#37499D

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC651

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

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