#DFC657#DFC657

#DFC657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC657
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -4.15, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 57.60, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0154 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.133 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3480, 56.7667, 17.2147)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC657 #5770DF

analogous

#DF8257 #DFC657 #B4DF57

triadic

#DFC657 #57DFC6 #C657DF

tetradic

#DFC657 #57DF82 #5770DF #DF57B4

square

#DFC657 #57DF82 #5770DF #DF57B4

split-complementary

#DFC657 #57B4DF #8257DF

monochromatic

#9E861E #D1B228 #DFC657 #E9D78A #F3E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DFC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC657

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC657	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd78a',
    500: '#dfc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc657;
$custom-light: #ecd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC657

secondary

#394CA1

accent

#38D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC657

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

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