#DFC659#DFC659

#DFC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC659
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -4.02, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 56.72, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0148 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.131 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4309, 56.7998, 17.6510)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC659 #5972DF

analogous

#DF8359 #DFC659 #B5DF59

triadic

#DFC659 #59DFC6 #C659DF

tetradic

#DFC659 #59DF83 #5972DF #DF59B5

square

#DFC659 #59DF83 #5972DF #DF59B5

split-complementary

#DFC659 #59B5DF #8359DF

monochromatic

#9F871F #D2B329 #DFC659 #E9D88C #F3E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DFC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC659

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC659	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd78c',
    500: '#dfc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc659;
$custom-light: #ecd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82683,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC659

secondary

#3A4DA2

accent

#39D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC659

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

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