#DFC661#DFC661

#DFC661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DFC661
RGB	rgb(223, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 56.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -3.44, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 53.11, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0122 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7852, 56.9416, 19.5174)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DFC661 #617ADF

analogous

#DF8761 #DFC661 #B9DF61

triadic

#DFC661 #61DFC6 #C661DF

tetradic

#DFC661 #61DF87 #617ADF #DF61B9

square

#DFC661 #61DF87 #617ADF #DF61B9

split-complementary

#DFC661 #61B9DF #8761DF

monochromatic

#A48A21 #D5B42E #DFC661 #E9D894 #F4EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DFC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DFC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DFC661

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DFC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DFC661	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dfc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd791',
    500: '#dfc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dfc661;
$custom-light: #ecd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dfc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82772,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DFC661

secondary

#3D52A7

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DFC661

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

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